30 museums you can visit in Valencia: a complete guide

Valencia is also discovered through the culture and history of more than thirty museums scattered throughout the city: this is the guide to the best museums in Valencia.

Álvaro Llagunes - Editor • February 19, 2025

30 museums you can visit in Valencia: a complete guide — Photo: Museum of Fine Arts Valencia

Valencia is culture. And now you can discover it through more than 30 museums scattered throughout the city.

From classical art or historical sculptures to the most groundbreaking proposals with virtual reality glasses and immersion in the metaverse. These are the museums and cultural centers of Valencia that can not miss on your next visit to the city.

Museum of Fine Arts of Valencia

It is one of the most important art galleries in Spain, and here you will find works by Sorolla, Velázquez, Goya, El Greco and Van Dyck. Visiting it is free at any time of the year. Ideal if you are looking for Renaissance paintings, sculptures and archaeological pieces ranging from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century.

📍 San Pío V Street, 9, 46010 Valencia.

IVAM – Valencian Institute of Modern Art

This museum is a benchmark for modern and contemporary art in Spain. Its permanent collection includes works by Julio González and Ignacio Pinazo, as well as temporary exhibitions that explore various artistic currents of the 20th and 21st centuries.

📍 Calle Guillem de Castro, 118, 46003 Valencia.

Centre del Carme Contemporary Culture (CCCC)

Located in a former convent in the center of Valencia, this space is worth a visit for its temporary exhibitions with a very careful and contemporary selection, as well as for its interior cloister. Since 2025 it has its own cafeteria and is free of charge.

📍 Calle Museo, 2, 46003 Valencia.

González Martí National Museum of Ceramics and Sumptuary Arts.

Located in the Palace of the Marquis of Dos Aguas, this museum exhibits an impressive collection of Valencian and national ceramics. It is the main museum in Spain in this field.

📍 Calle Poeta Querol, 2, 46002 Valencia.

Bancaja Foundation

What if you start your weekend with a classic? The Bancaja Foundation is a well-established private institution in Valencia for its approach of the great Spanish painters such as Sorolla or Picasso to the general public. Its headquarters, located in Plaza de Tetuán, occupies an emblematic 12,000 m² building in the heart of the city, where exhibitions, cultural activities and social programs are held throughout the year.

📍 Plaza Tetuán, 23, 46003 Valencia.

Bombas Gens Centre d’Arts

Renamed in 2024 as a museum of digital arts, it is located in a former hydraulic pump factory built between 1930 and 1935 in Art Deco style, rehabilitated for the occasion. It also has an air raid shelter from the Civil War and more than 2,500 m² distributed in four warehouses, including the largest metaverse room in Europe.

📍 Avenida Burjassot, 54-56, 46009 Valencia.

Príncipe Felipe Science Museum

Part of the City of Arts and Sciences complex designed by Santiago Calatrava, this interactive museum brings science and technology closer to the general public with periodic exhibitions and talks focused on the dissemination of any scientific or astronomical topic.

📍 Avenida del Profesor López Piñero (Historiador Bélic), 7, 46013 Valencia

CaixaForum Valencia

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The Ágora building within the same architectural complex houses the space created by CaixaBank, which focuses on contemporary traveling exhibitions. It has the largest vertical garden in Europe.

📍 Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias – Ágora, Avenida del Profesor López Piñero (Historiador Bélic), s/n, 46013 Valencia

Hortensia Herrero Art Center

The Hortensia Herrero Art Center (CAHH) recently opened at the Valeriola Palace with an exhibition focused on contemporary art. It consists of more than 100 works by international artists such as Anselm Kiefer, Anish Kapoor, George Baselitz, Olafur Eliasson, Jaume Plensa, Cristina Iglesias and Mat Collishaw.

📍 Calle del Mar, 31, 46003 Valencia, Spain.