Museo de Altamira

Museo de Altamira is a ticket shop in Santillana del Mar, Cantabria. Museo de Altamira is situated nearby to National Museum and Research Center of Altamira, as well as near the protected area Zona Arqueológica Cueva de Altamira.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cave of Altamira and National Museum and Research Center of Altamira.

Cave of Altamira

Cave

Photo: Locutus Borg, Public domain.

The Cave of Altamira is a cave complex, located near the historic town of Santillana del Mar in Cantabria, Spain. It is renowned for prehistoric cave art featuring charcoal drawings and polychrome paintings of contemporary local fauna and human hands. Cave of Altamira is situated 330 metres east of Museo de Altamira.

National Museum and Research Center of Altamira

Museum

Photo: Alonso de Mendoza, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The National Museum and Research Center of Altamira, also known as Altamira Museum, is a center dedicated to the conservation of, research into, and the sharing of information about the cave of Altamira in Santillana del Mar, Spain, named a World Heritage Site by Unesco. National Museum and Research Center of Altamira is situated 110 metres southeast of Museo de Altamira.