Museum of Ceuta

• Name — Museum of Ceuta • Native Name — Museo de Ceuta • Location — Paseo del Revellín, 30, Ceuta, Spain • Type — Archaeological museum • Established — 1971 10 13 • Owner — Autonomous City of Ceuta • Website — https: www.ceuta.es/ceuta/museos-ceuta/revellin

Archaeology in the city of Ceuta and surrounding areas began in the 18th century with the first excavations by Alejandro Correa da Franca, and experienced great growth during the Hispano-Moroccan War, with excavations both in Ceuta and in other nearby cities, such as Tetouan. However, most of the pieces were moved to the Museum of Cádiz due to the lack of local museums. According to Sureda Blanes, at the beginning of the 20th century many of Ceuta's monuments were in poor state of conservation. This led to the first attempt to establish a local museum in 1920 under the mayorship of Isidoro Martínez Durán, which never came to fruition. Finally, and in large part due to the work of Carlos Posac, the Ceuta City Council began the process for the establishment of a local museum on 30 December 1964, which was completed on 13 October 1971 with the inauguration of the Municipal Archaeology Hall, attached to the Institute of Ceutan Studies. Due to the lack of room to house the museum's collection, in 1994 the headquarters was moved to its current location, the former Military Pavilion of the Ravelin Barracks. Since 1999, the museum also disposes of the building of the Ravelin of St. Ignatius, which allowed to arrange its collection in a more extensive way and to increase its cultural and outreach activities.

The museum's main building is the former Military Pavilion of the Ravelin Barracks, built in 1900 and renovated in 1989, simultaneously with its designation as Bien de Interés Cultural. The building, in neoclassical style, houses two temporary exhibition halls on the ground floor. It has a second home in the Ravelin of St. Ignatius, in the Royal Walls of Ceuta, in an 18th-century ravelin renovated by Juan Miguel Hernández León that houses the museum's Fine Arts section.

Since the approval of the Statute of Autonomy of Ceuta in 1995 and the consequent transfer of cultural competencies in 1999, the Museum of Ceuta has formed part of the Museum Service of the Autonomous City of Ceuta, which in turn depends on the government of Ceuta. Since its establishment, the museum has had the following directors: • Start year — Director • 1971 — Alfonso Sotelo • 1973 — María José Íñiguez Moreno • 1980 — Emilio A. Fernández Sotelo • 1992 — José Antonio Alarcón Caballer • 1994 — Fernando Villada Paredes • 2000 — José Manuel Hita Ruiz

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