CANARIAN MUSEUM
BENITO PÉREZ GALDÓS MUSEUM
This museum is installed in the place where the famous writer Benito Pérez Galdós was born ( a 19th century building ) and he lived there until he was 19 years old ; he was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria the 10th of May of 1843 , and he died in Madrid the 4th of January in 1920 . He was a novelist , chronicler and Spanish politician . This museum shows the characteristics of the domestic architecture of Triana , one of the main streets in the historical area of the capital city . It was opened to the public in May of 1964 and it is considered as a center for the study of Galdós and his literary production .
Rooms are organized around the recreation of the atmosphere of the family with furniture from Galdós ’ houses in Madrid , Santander and Las Palmas ; we can find some musical instruments , photographs and even documents written by him .
There are two parts in the museum : the house and a new part where the museum ´ s workers do meetings with schools or people who are interested on knowing more about Galdós than the things that they can see in his house .
CANARIAN MUSEUM
This museum was opened in 1879 and there archeological materials are shown and studied ; there is also a library specialized in Canary topics . The main purpose of this museum is to promote the development of the education in the Canary Islands ( science , arts …).
At first , the museum only had two collections , but lately the number of things that are shown started improving by archeological discoveries and because people donated some fossils . Few years later , they started focusing just on archeological stuff from Canary Islands , and nowadays it is the most skilled museum of the Canary Islands . The museum is located in Vegueta .