Museum of Fine Arts of Seville Museum

Address: Plaza del Museo (Plaza del Museo s/n), 41001 Sevilla, Spain

Website: https://www.museosdeandalucia.es/web/museobellasartessevilla

Admission: Free

Museum of Fine Arts of Seville is an art museum in Seville housed in a 17th-century convent, with a prominent collection of Spanish Baroque painting. The museum’s holdings emphasise religious art and Golden Age painting, with important works by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Francisco de Zurbarán and Diego Velázquez.

Galleries are arranged to present ecclesiastical art rescued and collected during the 19th century, when many religious institutions were secularised and artworks entered public collections. The building itself is an example of convent architecture adapted for museum use.

Located in central Seville, the museum sits within the historic heart of the city and is a short walk from other major civic and religious landmarks.

• Collection strengths: The museum is housed in a former 17th-century convent and is especially strong in Spanish Baroque paintings by Murillo, Zurbarán and Velázquez.

The Museum of Fine Arts of Seville (Museo de Bellas Artes) is in central Seville near the old town and the cathedral area. It’s an easy walk from the main historic centre; from Puerta de Jerez (tram/metro/tram stops and a central pedestrian hub) the museum is roughly a 10-15 minute walk. Sevilla-Santa Justa station lies about 2-3 km away (a short taxi or local bus ride).

• Arrive at opening to enjoy the museum's strong Spanish Golden Age and Murillo collections with fewer visitors in the main galleries.
• Plan your visit alongside Seville's nearby cathedral and Santa Cruz quarter-the museum is compact, so pairing it with nearby landmarks makes for an efficient half-day.
• Spend extra time in the museum's older paintings rooms where the scale and detail of altarpieces are best appreciated away from louder, busier spaces.