National Sculpture Museum (Valladolid)

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Coordinates: 41°39′26″N, 4°43′25″W

The National Museum of Sculpture, is a museum belonging to the Spanish Ministry of Culture. The museum has an extensive collection sculptural ranging from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century from convents, donations, deposits and acquisitions of the state. Located in the city of Valladolid (Castile and Leon).

Originally the museum was founded as the Provincial Museum of Fine Arts, inaugurándose on October 4, 1842. It had its first headquarters at the College of Santa Cruz de Valladolid.

On April 29, 1933 moved to the San Gregorio College. Due to the quality of the funds it were, received the rank of National Museum of Sculpture.

The museum presents sculptures ranging from the nineteenth century XIII of the Iberian Peninsula and the old areas of linkage with Spain (Latin America, Flanders, Italy, etc.).

The National Museum of Sculpture custodía also much of the sculpture processional of Valladolid, ensuring its continued study and conservation. As a unique museum since 1922 enters the loan of several sculptural sets the brotherhoods of the Easter Week of Valladolid. The museum hosts among other steps Raising of the Cross of Francisco del Rincon, I Thirst, and The Way of Calvary Gregorio Fernandez or the Holy Sepulchre or passage of the Sleepers Alonso de Rozas.

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