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National Theatre Museum

Almagro, Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real

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National Theatre Museum

Monument · Almagro, Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real

The National Theatre Museum occupies the Palacios de los Maestres de Calatrava, in Almagro (Ciudad Real), a medieval residence of the Orden de Calatrava later converted into a cavalry barracks and restored by the architect Horacio Fernández del Castillo. The institution was created in 1919 as the Museo-Archivo Teatral on the initiative of the minister José del Prado Palacio; its present premises, with more than 2,200 square metres spread over three floors and a Mudéjar cloister, were opened in 2004 by the King and Queen of Spain. It brings together more than 8,000 works on paper, including stage designs, costume figurines and drawings, as well as paintings, sculptures, more than 25,000 photographs dating from 1870, and a collection of more than 2,000 stage costumes dating from the late 18th century.

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