Museo de Arte Contemporáneo

The Museum of Contemporary Art of Villanueva de los Infantes is a museum of contemporary art located in the historic center of Villanueva de los Infantes, Ciudad Real, on the upper floor of the old food market known as "El Mercado". The facility is located on Cervantes Street, at the coordinates 38.73554, -3.01306, within an urban environment declared a historic-artistic site due to its heritage value. The building that houses it is a construction from the 1960s, adapted for museum use by means of a prestressed concrete truss structure, notable for its integration into the monumental ensemble of the historic center. The museum was inaugurated in 2011 with the aim of disseminating contemporary art and houses the contemporary painting collection donated by local collector Julián Castilla. Its content focuses on modern and contemporary Spanish art from the second half of the 20th century, with the presence of works of painting, sculpture and photography. The sources consulted also describe it as a venue for temporary exhibitions and cultural activities, so it functions not only as a museum, but also as a center for artistic dissemination. Among its most outstanding features are the permanent collection associated with Julián Castilla and the fact that it is a museum housed in a converted public building, unique for its functional architecture and its location in one of the most important monumental centers of Campo de Montiel.