The museum of Navarre

The founding collections of the Museum of Navarre lie in the cultural assets assembled by the Commission of Historical and Artistic Monuments of the Ancient Kingdom of Navarre, institution founded in 1844, with the aim of safeguarding the Navarrese cultural heritage.
In 1910, a first Museum opened to the public in the current headquarters of the Regional Audit Office (Cámara de Comptos) with the objective of being a beacon of popular enlightenment. Years later, this mission would be continued by the Institution Prince of Viana (Institución Príncipe de Viana) created in 1940 by the Provincial Council of Navarre (Diputación Foral de Navarra) in order to protect, restore and research the artistic and archaeological heritage of Navarre.

Since 1956, the Museum of Navarre has been housed in the former Hospital of Our Lady of Mercy, which stands just within the walls on the north-western edge of the old town which lies surrounded by ramparts on a steep hill rising above the valley of the river Arga. Except for the sixteenth century façade and church, it has preserved next to nothing of the original building. In 1990, following a major refurbishment, the museum was reinaugurated by HM Queen Sofía.
In 2011, the Prehistory display gallery reopened to visitors with a new permanent exhibition room after a process of elimination of architectural barriers, updating of contents as a result of the archaeological findings of the last twenty years and renovation of its museographic .

    

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