Museums in Tenerife

Mariposario del Drago (Butterfly Park)

Casa del Plátano (Banana House)

Auditorio de Tenerife Adán Martín

Calatrava architectural icon by the sea in Santa Cruz.

Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria

Seafront Marian sanctuary, patron saint of the Canaries.

MUNA - Museo de Naturaleza y Arqueología

Nature and archaeology museum in central Santa Cruz.

Casa Fuerte de Adeje

A 16th-century fortified compound in Adeje's old town, built by the Ponte family to guard their sugar mill. A fire left it in ruins in 1902, but the tower, the gateway and much of the enclosure are still standing. The south-eastern section has been restored and can be visited free of charge on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings.

Museo Histórico Militar de Canarias (Fuerte de Almeyda)

Military history museum in the 18th-century Fuerte de Almeyda in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, with rooms of flags, weapons, uniforms and dioramas.

Museo LM Arte Colección

The Museo LM Arte Colección occupies a traditional Canarian house from the second half of the eighteenth century, on calle Obispo Rey Redondo in the historic centre of San Cristóbal de La Laguna. It opened on 23 December 2021 and shows the body of Canarian and international art assembled by Luz Marina Lorenzo, a collector born in La Palma, which runs to close on six hundred pieces.

Museo del Pescador

The Museo del Pescador occupies the premises of the Cofradía de Pescadores Gran Poder de Dios, on calle Las Lonjas in Puerto de la Cruz, beside the fishing quay. Its Casa Museo brings together a large collection of ship models, ranging from traditional Canarian rowing boats and faluas, tuna vessels and purse seiners to schooners, sail training ships, steamers and the old island mail boats, alongside working objects such as an old scale.

Museo de Artesanía Iberoamericana de Tenerife

The Museo de Artesanía Iberoamericana de Tenerife occupies the former Dominican convent of San Benito Abad in the Villa de La Orotava. The building keeps its stone entrance arch, the cloister, the timber ceilings and the stone staircase, with work by the Canarian architect, sculptor and gilder Antonio de Orbarán. It reopened as a museum in 1991 and holds more than ten thousand pieces of Iberoamerican and Spanish craftwork.

La Casa del Carnaval

Museum centre devoted to the Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, opened in 2017 in the barranco de Santos park, with an interactive permanent room.

TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes

Cultural centre for contemporary art, photography and a library in a Herzog & de Meuron building.

Church of San Marcos (Icod)

Church of la Concepción (La Laguna)

El Castillo San Felipe

A fortress of colonial character at the mouth of the ravine that shares its name, in Puerto de la Cruz, right beside Playa Jardín. Its story goes back to the 17th century, when it watched over the northern coast of Tenerife and sheltered the town from corsairs and pirates. Built of masonry in the shape of an irregular pentagon, it lost its military role in 1869 and now serves as the cultural venue of the municipality, with an exhibition hall and a cafe.

Casa Museo Cayetano Gómez Felipe

An eighteenth century Canarian townhouse on Plaza de la Concepción in La Laguna, right beside the bell tower of the Concepción church and inside the UNESCO listed old town. It was the family home of the collector Cayetano Gómez Felipe (1902-1978), who filled it with objects from everyday island life. The rooms open onto a courtyard with wooden galleries, and the collection is shown in the very spaces it was gathered for. Easy to reach on foot, since most of the historic centre is pedestrian.

Santuario del Cristo de La Laguna

The Franciscan sanctuary in San Cristóbal de La Laguna that guards the image of the Cristo de La Laguna, one of the most venerated crucifixes in the Canary Islands.

Casa de los Balcones

17th-century Canarian mansion in La Orotava, famous for its wooden balconies and traditional openwork craft.

Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes de Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Tenerife's main fine-arts museum, next to Plaza del Príncipe in Santa Cruz.

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.

Ermita de Nuestra Señora de las Angustias

An 18th-century chapel in old Icod, known for the dried caiman behind the «Lizard of Angustias» legend. TEMPORARILY CLOSED: the facade and the square are visible from outside.

Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Peña de Francia

Baroque church in the old town of Puerto de la Cruz, built in the late 17th century, with altarpieces and a distinctive tower.

Casa del Vino de Tenerife (La Baranda)

Traditional Canarian manor house in El Sauzal housing a Tenerife wine museum, with views of the sea and Mount Teide.

Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos

Interactive astronomy and science museum in La Laguna, with a planetarium and hands-on experiments.

Castillo de San Juan Bautista

A circular fortification of volcanic stone in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, built in the first half of the 17th century. It was the second most important stronghold in the city's defensive system and is popularly known as the Castillo Negro. It has been listed as a Bien de Interés Cultural since 1949 and passed into municipal hands in 1982. Its interior is not open to visitors; the exterior stands in full view, between the Auditorio de Tenerife and the Parque Marítimo.

Castillo de San Miguel

A 16th-century fortress in Garachico, Tenerife, the only building to survive the 1706 eruption.

Belén de Candelaria (Nativity Scene)

Guanche Mencey Statues (Candelaria)

Sei Whale Skeleton (Los Silos)

Centro de Visitantes Camino del Barranco de Masca

The Centro de Visitantes de Masca, the visitor centre of the hamlet, stands close to the plaza of La Piedra and holds the information on the village and on the Parque Rural de Teno. It is also the gateway to the camino del barranco de Masca: the access check is carried out here, bookings and documents are verified, and staff lend out the helmet that is returned at the end of the route.