Centro de Interpretación de Nuevo Baztán

The Interpretation Center of Nuevo Baztán is an interpretation museum dedicated to explaining the origin and history of the historical complex of Nuevo Baztán, in the municipality of Nuevo Baztán, Madrid, next to the coordinates indicated. It is installed in the old warehouse of the industrial complex linked to the project promoted by Juan de Goyeneche, promoter of the founding of the place and its economic development. It was inaugurated in 2003 and is part of the museum offer of the Community of Madrid. Its objective is to disseminate the figure of Goyeneche, the illustrated project that gave rise to the town and the architectural planning carried out by José de Churriguera, around the palace and the church, with an orderly urban layout for housing and factory buildings. The center presents models, explanatory panels, reproductions of objects and audiovisual resources to show the historical industries developed in Nuevo Baztán and its surroundings, as well as daily life in the 18th century. Due to its content and its location in a reused historic building, the Interpretation Center acts as a gateway to the heritage of Nuevo Baztán and to the historical reading of the old industrial and urban complex designed within the framework of Enlightenment thinking.