Valencian Museum of Ethnology

The Valencian Museum of Ethnology, located in La Beneficencia Cultural Centre (Welfare House), was created in 1982 by the Provincial Council Valencia. Its objectives are research and dissemination in the field of ethnology and anthropology, making available to the public a dynamic space of knowledge and reflection on the cultural diversity that characterises humans in two complementary areas.

Valencia Municipal History Museum

The Municipal History Museum is located in the City Hall of the Plaça de l’Ajuntament, which used to be part of the Royal House of Teaching, founded by Archbishop Mayoral in the 18th century, and in the part where the Church of Santa Rosa de Lima was located. It was created in 1927 to guard the rich historical-artistic municipal heritage, highlighting notable relics from the former City House, of great significance to the history of Valencia.

Bullfighting Museum

The Bullfighting Museum of Valencia was founded in 1929 with funds donated by Luis Moróder Peiró, a bullfighting fan and by a bullfighter’s assistant José Bayard Badila, two collectors who spent years amassing a large number of materials and objects from Valencian bullfighting of the 19th and early 20th century.

Pinazo House-Museum

Pinazo house-museum, located in the municipality of Godella, includes works by the painter Ignacio Pinazo (1849 - 1916) and his sons José Pinazo Martínez (1879 - 1933), a painter, and Ignacio Pinazo Martínez (1883 - 1970), a sculptor.

Moncada Silk Museum (Garín Factory)

The Garín factory belonged to a silk-making family, whose activity dates back to the mid-18th century. The first Garín whose activity is documented is Mariano Garín, who enrolled as an apprentice in the College of High Silk Art of Valencia on 21 April 1748. On 10 December 1764, he took a master silk-maker examination in the area of velvet. The Garín family have maintained uninterrupted silk-making activity for seven generations.

Silk Market

The Silk Market is the most notable gothic-style building in the city of Valencia. It is located in its historic centre. Building work started on it in 1483 by Pere Compte and Joan Ibarra, at the initiative of the municipality.