Albacete Knife Making Museum, Albacete

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The Municipal Knife Making Museum of Albacete, is found in the old palace known as the “Casa de Hortelano”, in the very heart of the capital of Albacete. A museum dedicated to collecting the material elements that make up the memory of an art of this city’s arts and its lands: knife making.

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Contact address for Albacete Knife Making Museum

Plaza de la Catedral s/n, 02001
Albacete (Albacete)

Phone: 967 616 600

Fax: 967 616 601

Email: reservas@museo-mca.com

Website: www.museo-mca.com

Location

In the centre of the city, next to the Town Council building and the Cathedral, in the "Casa del Hortelano".

Timetables: Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 2pm and 5pm to 8pm.
Sundays and Public Holidays from 10am to 2pm.
Closed: Monday, all day and Sunday afternoons.

How to get there: Road transport

The Municipal Knife Making Museum, open since 2004, has become a reference point for tourists in the city of Albacete. On of its attractions is the programme of temporary exhibitions, both inside the Museum, outside (in other exhibition halls in the city), as well as travelling exhibitions.

This museum has two distinct areas: the first offers an Historical Collection showing the evolution of the art of knife making over the centuries, and another offers the best pieces produced by the industry in Albacete in the last century, under the auspices of the Association on Knife Makers and Sharpeners of Albacete.

It is also notable that the Albacete Knife Making Museum was the first in Spain to install an audio guide service using PDAs (personal digital assistants), available in four languages from reception, using Wifi technology.