Ontinyent Places to Visit - Museums
Ontinyent has plenty to offer; history, modern cafés, bars and restaurants, Museums, commercial centres, theatres, cinemas and parks.
FESTER D’OTINYENT MUSEUM
Plaza de Baix,26
Tel: 962380252
The exhibition divides into several parts in order to cover all aspects related to the Fiestas of the municipality. In this way, for example, by visiting the section that deal with music you can find scores written by local authors of traditional melodies. There is also a large collection of programs and posters that go back years. In the Ethnological section there are typical suits from all of the events that take place, among which are those worn by the processions of the 40’s and 50’s.
MUSEUM OF SCIENCES, CERAMICS AND ANTIQUITIES
Avda. San Francisco, 5
Tel: 962380100
The cloister of the Convent of the Franciscan Monks is home to a complete and interesting collection of vegetable plants conserved in the Botanical Garden. Also there is a collection of Spanish, American, and African fauna with examples originating from each one of these areas, along with pieces of Pre-Columbian art and remains from and the Egypt of the Pharaohs. The facilities posses: a library, a farm and an observatory.
THE ONTINYENT AND LA VALL D’ALBAIDA- (MAOVA) MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY
C/ Regall, 2
Tel: 962911955
Located in the historical centre of the city, the museum has a large quantity of objects, above all ceramic and stone pieces, from a wide chronological frame that ranges from the Paleolithic period up to modern times. The majority of the collection comes from archaeological excavations realised in the region.
