Attractions & Activities
- Malaga - Municipal Museum
Municipal Museum
(Pizarra)
Located in the Cortijo Casablanca houses the collection of
Gino Hollander, a Belgian artist who arrived in Spain in 1962.
He set up home in Pizarra in 1968 and, fascinated by Spanish
culture, began to collect antiques. What started out as a
private passion gradually grew into the Hollander Museum,
situated in his private residence, called Cortijo de Yeguas.
In 1988 Hollander donated his collection to Pizarra Town Hall
and in 1991 the council bought Cortijo Casablanca which is
where the collection is currently housed.
This farmhouse is a nineteenth century building that used
to belong to the Counts of Puerto Hermoso. It now consists
of two halls, the Gino Hollander Hall, situated in what used
to be the stables, and the Agustín Calvijo Hall, where
the store room and workshops for restoration work are situated.
The Gino Hollander Hall is divided into four areas: Stone,
Pottery, Metal and Wood. The second hall houses Spanish furniture
from different ages, ethnic material and Gino Hollander’s
own sculptures. The museum possesses 5,000 items of which
only 920 are actually on display.
Visits by appointment
Telephone: 952 48 32 37 or 600 37 83 38
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