Delightful little museum that successfully captures both domestic life and the wider social activities of Malaga.
A surprising and varied array of real life artefacts and models are on display in the quiet and intimate setting of a large historic house. Plenty of objects grab your attention and, for the older ones among us, might even prompt some memories.
Well worth a visit.
- Category
- Arts & Culture · cultural · museum · tourist-attraction
- Location
- Pl. Enrique García-Herrera, 1 · Distrito Centro
- Hours
Mon 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, 4:00 – 7:00 PM Tue 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, 4:00 – 7:00 PM Wed 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, 4:00 – 7:00 PM Thu 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, 4:00 – 7:00 PM Fri 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, 4:00 – 7:00 PM Sat 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, 4:00 – 7:00 PM Sun 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM - Rating
- 4.5/5 (444 Google reviews)
- Reviewers love
- charming and intimate settingvaried and interesting exhibitsfree entry on Mondayswell explained displays
- Good to know
- short walk from city centerquiet during weekday mornings
- Contact
- +34 952 21 71 37 · museoartespopulares.com
Museum focused on life in 19th-century Málaga, with furniture, agricultural items & other artifacts.
From their website
The Museo Fundación Unicaja de Artes y Costumbres Populares is the oldest private museum in Málaga, housed in a restored 17th-century building. It preserves and exhibits ethnographic collections across 18 rooms, including traditional pottery, textiles, metalwork, and religious objects from Málaga province.
What they offer
permanent exhibitionsguided toursarchive accessworkshopsfilm screeningsmuseum shop
Languages spoken
SpanishEnglish
Booking
phone / walk-in
Details gathered from museoartespopulares.com · 17 Jul 2026
About this business
Discover the Museo Fundación Unicaja de Artes y Costumbres Populares, a captivating attraction in Málaga that showcases the region's rich cultural heritage through art and traditional customs. Explore fascinating exhibits that highlight local history and craftsmanship. Find directions and contact details below.
About the neighbourhood: Distrito Centro
Málaga's historic core, bounded by the Guadalmedina river to the west, the port to the south and the slopes of Mount Gibralfaro to the east. The district contains the Cathedral, the Roman Theatre, the Alcazaba fortress, the Picasso Museum and the Pompidou Centre, plus the main shopping street Calle Marqués de Larios. Inside Distrito Centro sit the well-known sub-areas of Centro Histórico, Soho, La Merced and Lagunillas. The area is almost entirely pedestrianised, served by Metro Atarazanas and the Málaga–Centro Alameda rail station.
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Recent Google reviews
444 total reviewsAn absolute gem of a museum, housed in an old inn. The items of daily living are well explained and for a restricted space, there's a surprising amount of stuff. Also - it's free!
What a gem !
Not even a 5 minute walk from the Market and only €4 to get in ( €2 for students / retirees, everyone free on Mondays !!)
It’s inside a beautiful house with an inner court yard, stables, wooden beams and gorgeous stairs. Just the building alone is worth the visit.
You’ll find an old kitchen, dining room, bedroom, study all in old style. But also all kinds of displays regarding how wine/oil/soap/ iron was made. Costumes/Toys/ farm equipment/ wagons/ saddles/ basket s and on and on it goes!
So very very interesting.
Every display and room has an explanatory sign in Spanish and English.
Highly recommend. Can’t beat the price.
Very nice museum in an old house. Costumes, home furnishings, decor of bourgeois and common people of the 18th & 19th century on the upper floor. Small fishing boat, blacksmith, stable with carriages, wine making, and kitchen on the ground floor. In the city center. A short walk from many of the other museums, restaurants, and shopping. Ticket prices are very low cost.
What a nice, unique museum in the heart of Malaga. It is free to enter on a Monday morning. Not busy when I went, which was about 10.30am so there is no jostling to see the artefacts. Well worth a visit. I was there for about 35mins
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Pl. Enrique García-Herrera, 1, Distrito Centro, 29005 Málaga, Spain
Pl. Enrique García-Herrera, 1, Distrito Centro, 29005 Málaga, Spain
Phone:
+34 952 21 71 37
+34 952 21 71 37
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Closed · opens tomorrow at 10:00- Monday 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, 4:00 – 7:00 PM
- Tuesday 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, 4:00 – 7:00 PM
- Wednesday 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, 4:00 – 7:00 PM
- Thursday 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, 4:00 – 7:00 PM
- Friday 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, 4:00 – 7:00 PM
- Saturday 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, 4:00 – 7:00 PM
- Sunday 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
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