Museo del Niño
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Why go
- Recreated classrooms trace schooling from the Bourbon Restoration through Francoism.
- More than 580 facsimiles preserve children’s drawings from school colonies during the Civil War.
- Displays examine marginalized childhood and children’s clothing.
- A gallery traces education from classical antiquity to the present, with a focus on Castilla-La Mancha.
Opening hours
Today09:00 – 14:00, 16:00 – 19:00Show all
Don't miss
- Magic lanternsDiscover the magic of light through historic magic lanterns.Magic-lantern room
- Teo Puebla collectionChildren’s illustrations from the Teo Puebla collection.Teo Puebla room
- Aquella E.G.B.An exhibition follows the history and memories of Spain’s Basic General Education system after the Villar Palasí law.
- Children’s art collectionThe collection includes 117 paintings and artworks by regional schoolchildren from the last third of the 20th century.Children’s art gallery
What's inside
- A room is devoted to historic institutes.
- Rooms explore childhood at home, games, La noche de Reyes, comics, puppets and marionettes.
- A room covers quill, inkwell, paper and printing in schools.
- Galleries cover regional educators, girls’ education and school architecture.
- The museum conducts research and hosts temporary exhibitions. One exhibition presents school-palaces built as educational monuments in Argentina.
- The documentation centre has specialist archives, a library, photograph and slide collections, and a film library.
- The museum displays testimonies from visiting school groups, teachers and the public.
With kids
- A scavenger hunt invites visitors to find objects from their grandparents’ world.
- Multimedia teaching units use films and documentary clips to explore education, childhood and family.
- The sound library holds children’s stories recorded for school contests organized by AMUNI.
- Webquests are designed for secondary-school students.
- The children’s-art collection has a catalogue organized by artist and subject.
Tips for your visit
- The sound archive preserves first-person recollections of childhood, school and family.
- Audio cards describe historical photographs about education.
Interesting facts4
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12,000 schoolbooks
The library holds 12,000 schoolbooks and children’s literature titles.
AMUNI | Museo del Niño de Castilla-La Mancha Juan Peralta -
The museum also serves as a historical documentation centre for schools.
Museo Pedagógico y del Niño de Castilla-La Mancha - Wikipedia -
It publishes El Catón, a periodic bulletin containing information and reports.
Museo Pedagógico y del Niño de Castilla-La Mancha - Wikipedia -
Records of children’s wartime drawings identify each work’s title, creator, place and subject.
AMUNI | Museo del Niño de Castilla-La Mancha Juan Peralta
History
The founding proposal described the museum as Spain’s first pedagogical museum since the National Pedagogical Museum closed in the 1940s. The school building opened in 1960; the museum was founded in 1987.
- 1958–1959The Ayuntamiento de Albacete built the school building that now houses the museum.
- 1960The school building opened on 10 October alongside a new teacher-training school.
- 1986Teacher Juan Peralta Juárez proposed a museum and historical school documentation centre to the Benjamín Palencia school community.
- 1987Juan Peralta founded the museum to preserve the history of childhood, family and schooling.
- 2000The regional government of Castilla-La Mancha assumed ownership of the museum.
Sources: Museo Pedagógico y del Niño de Castilla-La Manc… · AMUNI | Museo del Niño de Castilla-La Mancha Ju… · AMUNI | Museo del Niño de Castilla-La Mancha Ju… · checked 4 Oct 2026
- Website
- museodelnino.es/
- Phone
- 967240004
Questions and answers
Where is Museo del Niño?
It is at Calle del Amparo 14 in Barrio del Hospital, Albacete. Another entrance is on Calle Hermanos Falcó.
Can I explore Museo del Niño virtually?
Yes. The museum offers a screen-based virtual tour.
Can I request historical documents from Museo del Niño?
Yes. You can request documents from its Docuedu database for later collection at the museum.
Does Museo del Niño have resources for secondary-school students?
Yes. Its educational webquests are designed for secondary-school students.
What historic objects are in Museo del Niño?
The collection includes old school desks, dolls, historic globes and magic lanterns.
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