Museo de La Fortaleza
The Museo de La Fortaleza, at La Sorrueda in Santa Lucía de Tirajana, is the visitor centre for the archaeological area of La Fortaleza, a pre-Hispanic settlement in the same municipality. Its main hall combines traditional museography with technology and hyperrealistic scenography, and the route continues through a central courtyard, an audiovisual room and a terrace viewpoint that looks out over the setting of the excavation.
The centre interprets every aspect of the archaeological area of La Fortaleza. The main hall presents the pre-Hispanic settlement through traditional museography and hyperrealistic scenography, the audiovisual room screens a documentary on daily life in the old settlement, and the terrace viewpoint gathers information about the natural surroundings beside a reproduction of an aboriginal dwelling.
The exhibition content is available in Spanish, English and German. The central courtyard hosts workshops and temporary exhibitions, and the museum runs guided visits and activities on archaeology, history and culture aimed at family audiences. Guided visits to the archaeological site are arranged for groups of eight people or more and have to be booked in advance. There is also a small shop selling archaeology-related items.
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