Museums in Valencia

The National Museum of Ceramics occupies the Marqués de Dos Aguas Palace, whose extravagant alabaster portal is one of Spain's most exuberant Rococo works. Inside, the collection traces 2,000 years of Spanish ceramics.

The Museum of Fine Arts (Museo de Bellas Artes) is one of Spain's most important painting galleries, housed in a 17th-century seminary. Valencian primitives, Ribera, Sorolla, and Velázquez are represented.

IVAM (Institut Valencià d'Art Modern) is Valencia's premier modern art museum, with a strong permanent collection anchored by Julio González's iron sculptures and rotating exhibitions of international contemporary art.

The Museo Fallero preserves one 'ninot indultat' (pardoned figure) from each year's Fallas festival—the single figure voted by the public to be saved from the flames. It's a whimsical timeline of the festival's artistry.