Museo de Historia y Antropología de Tenerife (Casa Lercaro)
Museum of the history of Tenerife in Casa Lercaro, a 16th-century mansion in the historic centre of La Laguna.
The Museum of History and Anthropology of Tenerife has its Casa Lercaro site in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, dedicated to the historical memory of the island. It is part of the Museums of Tenerife network and is complemented by two further sites: Casa de Carta, focused on social and cultural life, and the interpretation space at the Castillo de San Cristóbal, devoted to the defensive history of Santa Cruz.
Alongside its permanent collection, the museum hosts temporary exhibitions, runs educational and outreach programmes (such as the journal Bierehite and the Malinowski lectures) and keeps a digitised register of its collections that can be consulted online. Its spaces can also be hired for events.
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