Museo de Soldaditos de Plomo L’Iber
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What's on here
Why go
- More than 100,000 pieces on display across fifteen rooms, from a collection estimated at over one million.
- A Mediterranean Gothic mansion dating from the late 14th or early 15th century.
Opening hours
Today11:00 – 14:00, 16:00 – 19:00Show all
Don't miss
- Battle of Almansa modelThe museum’s largest model depicts the 1707 Battle of Almansa.Battle of Almansa Room
- Corpus Christi procession modelIt shows religious, civic and military groups, giants, big-head figures and the Moma dance. The room was the palace chapel.Corpus Christi Room
- Tirant lo BlanchThe room centres on Joanot Martorell’s chivalric novel, written in Valencian and published in 1490.Tirant lo Blanch Room1490
- Prehistoric hunting scenesSee a mammoth hunt and a horse hunt inspired by Levantine rock art, among scenes from the Jurassic to the Paleolithic.Prehistoric gallery
- Napoleonic battle modelsModels depict Austerlitz, the retreat from Russia and Waterloo, alongside period uniforms and military equipment.Napoleonic gallery
What's inside
- The historical sequence spans Prehistory to the 21st century. The 18th- and 19th-century room is followed by the Napoleonic and 20th- and 21st-century rooms.
- The Middle Ages Room depicts castles, knights and battles, including the capture of Granada and a meeting between Saladin and Richard the Lionheart.
- The 20th- and 21st-century room focuses on emblematic wars of the last century.
With kids
- Comic and cartoon characters: look for Tintin, Lucky Luke, Corto Maltese, Disney characters and Marvel superheroes in the 20th- and 21st-century gallery.
Tips for your visit
- For a visit centred on temporary exhibitions, lectures, courses or workshops, check the museum’s programme before choosing a date.
- The historical sequence begins with Prehistory, but the opening gallery is devoted to Tirant lo Blanch.
Interesting facts3
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Álvaro Noguera Giménez, a Valencian businessman, built the collection to fulfil a childhood dream.
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Director Alejandro Noguera Borel is the founder’s son, a historian and an archaeologist.
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Some figures in the Corpus Christi procession model show lead disease, a chemical deterioration studied by the museum’s director.
Museo de Soldaditos de Plomo L’Iber - Wikipedia
History
- 1937A decree signed at the palace established full civil equality between men and women in Spain.
- Since the 1950sAfter centuries of occupation and remodelling, changes to the mansion were limited to museum needs.
- 2006Collector Álvaro Noguera Giménez died.
- 2007Fundación Libertas 7, belonging to the Noguera family, opened the museum around his private collection.
- 2026An Entire Empire to Scale explores twelve centuries of Roman history through more than 2,000 hand-painted pieces and over eighty dioramas.
How to get there
- 10 minTrainWalk about 10 minutes from Àngel Guimerà Metro station, served by lines 3 and 5.
- 5 minBusWalk about 5 minutes from the Blanqueria–Torres de Serranos stop on EMT bus line C1.
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- Website
- museoliber.org/
- Phone
- +34963918675
Questions and answers
What does the Silk Road Room at Museo de Soldaditos de Plomo L’Iber explore?
Trade routes linking Europe, Asia and Africa since antiquity.
What is distinctive about the Valencian collections at Museo de Soldaditos de Plomo L’Iber?
They feature handmade work by local makers and trace local lead-soldier production, especially from the 1960s to the 1980s, alongside Spanish soldiers from the Carlist wars through the Civil War.
What does the Victoria Eugenia Room at Museo de Soldaditos de Plomo L’Iber show?
Spanish state guards from Felipe III to Juan Carlos I.
What was the temporary-exhibitions room at Museo de Soldaditos de Plomo L’Iber originally?
The mansion’s fumoir, a smoking room reserved for men after meals.
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