Museos de Tenerife

Location within Canary Islands
Established	1990s
Location	Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Coordinates	28°27′51″N 16°15′00″W / 28.46403°N 16.25003°W / 28.46403; -16.25003
Website	www.museosdetenerife.org
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Museums of Tenerife (Spanish: Museos de Tenerife), originally Autonomous Organization of Museums and Centers of Tenerife (Spanish: Organismo Autónomo de Museos y Centros de Tenerife), is an organisation in Tenerife.

History

The organisation was created by Cabildo de Tenerife in the early 1990s. In 2011 it was renamed from "Organismo Autónomo de Museos y Centros de Tenerife" to "Museos de Tenerife".^[1]

At present, it constitutes the most complete museum network in the Canary Islands.^[2]

Museums

The organisation comprises the following museums:^[3]

• Museo de la Naturaleza y Arqueología
  • Museo Arqueologico de Tenerife
  • Instituto Canario de Bioantropología
  • Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Tenerife
• Museum of Science and the Cosmos
• Museum of the History of Tenerife
  • Sede Casa Lercaro
  • Sede Casa de Carta
  • Centro de Interpretación "Castillo de San Cristóbal"
• Centro de Documentación Canario-Americano
• Cueva del Viento