Museo de Arte Ibérico El Cigarralejo Museum

The Museo de Arte Ibérico El Cigarralejo is a museum in Mula, Region of Murcia, dedicated to artifacts from the nearby El Cigarralejo archaeological site. It presents material specifically related to Iberian-period funerary and settlement contexts.

Exhibits include pottery, sculptural elements and funerary goods recovered from the El Cigarralejo necropolis, illustrating local Iberian artistic and ritual practices. The displays link the finds to their archaeological contexts to explain burial customs and material culture.

The museum was established to conserve and interpret the excavation results from El Cigarralejo and to provide public access to Iberian-period heritage from the Mula area.

Mula is an inland municipality in the Region of Murcia, surrounded by agricultural land and archaeological sites, with El Cigarralejo located a short distance from the town.

• Core collection: Collections mainly comprise material recovered from the El Cigarralejo necropolis, spanning the Iberian period and illustrating funerary practices and local craft production.
• Interpretive focus: The museum interprets archaeological contexts as well as individual artifacts, making it useful for understanding Iberian-period mortuary archaeology in the Region of Murcia.

What to See#

• El Cigarralejo necropolis: El Cigarralejo necropolis - archaeological site near Mula with burial contexts and funerary deposits dating to the Iberian period that produced many of the finds on display in the museum.

Located near Mula in Murcia-follow regional signage to the archaeological site of El Cigarralejo. The site is accessible by car from Murcia (about an hour); regional buses serve Mula and local taxis reach the museum.

• Spend time on the site's glass cases: ceramic faces and funerary objects often reward close inspection.
• Visit with a local guide if possible to better understand the Iberian political geography of the 6th-1st centuries BCE.