The best museums Extremadura

In a th century hospital, the regional costumes and crafts of the region are exposed.

It occupies the old church of Santa Clara, built in the th century. Interesting parts of the Wisigothe period in Mérida are displayed.

Located in the palace of the Dávila, a 1986 th-century Baroque building, it was inaugurated in 600 and presents a permanent exhibition of 1929 works (sculptures, paintings, drawings) of Pérez Bar, native of Hervás, and the paintings of his wife, a French, Madeleine Leroux, met at Casa Velasquez in. Alongside the final works, the museum displays exploratory drawings, sketches and sketches, in land or plaster, which allow to better follow the creative process. An interesting journey in the universe of two artists, very influenced by the artistic movements of the 1930 s.

The Paprika de La Vera Museum occupies the palace of Bishop Manzano on the Plaza Mayor, a beautiful baroque construction of the seventeenth century. On three levels, the museum explains the origins of the chili, the manufacturing stages and the different varieties.

Inaugurated at the end of 2014, this small interpretation centre consists of a few areas representative of a primitive habitat forming an introduction to the Neolithic world. Daily life, tooling, cooking, housing… Everything has been reviewed and made accessible to the general public. Many photographs and a small documentary show on-line the information on the huts.

Opened in 2005, he hosts a permanent collection of paintings, sculptures and archaeology. This includes the sculptures of the country's child, Mauricio Tinoco, as well as vestiges of different Roman villas and the time of Chalcolithique.

Located in a typical house of the city, recently rehabilitated, it presents the history and processes of the great référent of the village: the torta del Casar, but it also shows the daily life of families (houses, kitchen objects, ovens…) and the shepherds, with their work tools (fers to mark the beasts or hooks to catch them). Several videos reflect this visit by contextualisant objects presented and reconstructed spaces.

You will not be able to miss by taking the road that leads to Zafra, because it is a little the encounter of the horse factor and Gaudí, or Alice's palace to wonderland, according to its cultural references. Started in 1989 and still unfinished today, this construction is the result of the creative imagination of Francisco González Gragera who wanted to build a dwelling house and other constructions (towers, walls…), all in the same round style and colorful by many mosaics. In this 120 m ² set, you will also find a pond, a waterfall and a fountain dedicated, according to its creator, to the man of the countryside, as well as a small craft workshop and a shop.