page_title: Sights and landmarks of Seville
section_title: Museums
hierarchical_section_title: Sights and landmarks of Seville / Museums
caption_attribution_description: Español: Pabellón de la navegación. Sevilla
context_page_description: There are numerous sights and landmarks of Seville. The most important sights are the Alcázar, the Seville Cathedral, and the Archivo General de Indias, which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
context_section_description: The most important art collection of Seville is the Museum of Fine Arts of Seville. It was established in 1835 in the former Convent of La Merced. It holds many masterworks by Murillo, Pacheco, Zurbarán, Valdés Leal, and others masters of the Baroque Sevillian School, containing also Flemish paintings of the 15th and 16th centuries. Entry to the most of the museums in Seville is free on Mondays.
  Other museums in Seville are:
  The Archaeological Museum, which contains collections from the Tartessian and Roman periods, placed in América square at María Luisa Park.
  The Museum of Arts and Traditions, also in América square, in front of the Archaeological museum.
  The Andalusian Contemporary Art Centre, placed in La Cartuja.
  The Naval Museum, housed in the Torre del Oro, next to the Guadalquivir river.
  The Carriages Museum, in the historic Convento de los Remedios.
  The Flamenco Art Museum
  The Bullfight Museum, in La Maestranza bullring
  The Palace of the Countess of Lebrija, a private collection that contains many of the mosaic floors discovered in the nearby Roman town of Italica.
  The "Centro Velázquez" (Velázquez Centre) located at the Old Priests Hospital in the turistic Santa Cruz neighbourhood.
  The Antiquarium at Metropol Parasol, an underground museum that exhibits in situ Roman and Muslim remains.
  The Castillo de San Jorge (Castle of St. George) remains, below the Triana market, next to Isabel II bridge. It was the last seat for the Spanish Inquisition.
  The Museum and Treasure of La Macarena, where the collection of the Macarena brotherhood is exhibited. This exhibition gives visitors an accurate impression about the Seville Holy Week.
caption: Navigation Pavilion, of the Expo 92, today the Navigation Museum.
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