Museum of Pontevedra

Initially, the museum had seven locations spread across the city centre of Pontevedra. However, currently, three of these locations exhibit the collections open to the public and the temporary exhibitions, two of which are the main ones and act as a single one: the Sarmiento (1714, baroque style) and Castelao buildings (inaugurated in 2013, adjoining the previous one and connected by cantilevered walkways).

The Castelao building, with six floors and 10,000 square meters of surface area, even has a cafeteria, auditorium and several multifunctional spaces. Its permanent exhibition covers the history of Galicia from the Late Middle Ages to contemporary times. The adjoining building of Sarmiento exhibits archaeological remains from prehistory and ancient times, collections of Sargadelos pottery, Pontecesures ceramics, ceramics from other parts of Spain and the Sánchez Mesas-Fernández de Tejada collection of contemporary Spanish and Asian-Oriental art. Moreover, another of the museum's buildings is the former Convent of Santo Domingo (15th century), which is currently in ruins, but which still shows its spectacular Gothic work, highlights including an exhibition of funerary sculpture, with noble tombs and guild lauds, as well as the heraldry collection.