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May 14 to 17 Museums Night events in Jumilla

The great local museums of Jumilla open late and events include concerts, escape rooms, guided tours and workshops

May 14 to 17 Museums Night events in Jumilla The small town of Jumilla in northern Murcia is blessed with far more than its fair share of history and museums, with the medieval castle standing high above it, prehistoric archaeological sites dotted around the nearby countryside and the legacy of local archaeologist and naturalist Jerónimo Molina on display at various locations in the municipality.

For this reason, there are a lot more events on and around the date of Museums Day, and this year they include concerts, an Escape Room, workshops, dramatized tours for children and a “micro-theatre” event.

Last year the activities attracted around 1,500 people and in 2026 the aim is to raise that figure still further with the following programme of events:

Thursday May 14

20.30: Presentation of the magazine Pleita 14, about the municipal museums of Jumilla, at the Wine Museum (with tasting included!).

Friday May 15

May 14 to 17 Museums Night events in Jumilla 17.00 to 20.00: “Invasión Alienígena”, an escape room activity outside the museums and the Casa de la Música: registration is required beforehand using the accompanying QR code.

19.00: “Museos de Postal”, a painting workshop with Eduardo Gea at the Casa de la Música. Prior registration required.

21.00: A concert entitled “Museum: Noche de Musas” by the AJAM saxophone section at the Museum of Ethnography and Natural Science.

Saturday May 16

11.00: Free dramatized tour for children of the Museum of Ethnography and Natural Science entitled “Gamusino: el eslabón perdido”.

12.00: Free dramatized tour for children of the Archaeological Museum entitled “El Crepúsculo de Tanit”.

19.30: Micro-theatre in the garden of the Wine Museum.

21.00: “Violines del Rock”, a concert featuring the strings of the Cuarteto Macondo and tastings of DOP Jumilla wines, with visuals projected onto the façade of the Archaeological museum in the Plaza de Arriba.

Sunday May 17

11.00: “Enigma en el Museo”, an escape room activity at the Museum of Ethnography and Natural Science. Prior registration on 968 780740.

Special museum opening hours on Saturday 16^th May

Museo del Vino (wine museum) (Avenida Jose´Sánchez Cerezo, t: 663 202822): 10.00 to 14.00 and 17.00 to 23.00

Museum of Ethnography and Natural Science (Plaza de la Constitución 3, tel: 968 780870): 10.00 to 14.00 and 17.00 to 23.00

Archaeological Museum (Plaza de Arriba, tel: 968 757378): 10.00 to 14.00 and 17.00 to 23.00

Casa de la Música y Legado de las Artes (Calle del Rico 14, tel: 608 198026): 10.00 to 14.00 and 17.00 to 23.00

At the same time, the following exhibitions are continuing at the main museums in the town:

Museo del Vino (wine museum): “Mito y procedimiento, de la idea a la obra final”

Museum of Ethnography and Natural Science: “Barro y Memoria” (Clay and Memory)

Archaeological Museum: “Mitos y Realidades de la Historia Jumillana” (Myths and reality in the history of Jumilla)

For more local news, events and visiting information please contact the tourist office (telephone 968 780237, email oficinaturismo@jumilla.org) or go to the home page of Jumilla Today.

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Oficina de Turismo Jumilla

The tourist office in the centre of Jumilla is easily found by driving straight into the centre of the town along the Avenida de Murcia and following the signposts. The tourist office is alongside the Parque de Don Albano Martínez Molina, where there are a number of parking spaces.

Jumilla, in the north of the Region of Murcia, has become internationally famous over recent decades due to the quality of the wines produced in the municipality, and wine tourism has begun to attract visitors from other parts of Spain and the rest of Europe.

The tourist office is happy to provide a range of maps and leaflets showing the different bodegas which can be visited within the municipality. Some of these form part of the Rutas del Vino de Jumilla, the Jumilla wine route, and can either be visited as a guided tour or sell their produce directly to the public.(see feed below for more details)

However, the town and the surrounding countryside have plenty of other attractions for visitors, and the popularity of Jumilla wines is leading more and more people to discover other facets of the tenth largest municipality in Spain.

Jumilla Tourist Office

These include the spectacular countryside and birdlife in the Sierra del Carche, the historic remains which range from cave paintings and a Roman mausoleum to the castle, the Iglesia de Santiago, the Town Hall and the Teatro Vico, and the gastronomy: rich stews are accompanied not only by the wines of the area but also by Jumilla pears, which also enjoy Denomination of Origin status.

Tourism in Jumilla is not as seasonal as it is in the coastal areas of the Region of Murcia, but the town is at its liveliest during the fiestas in Holy Week and the August Fair, which incorporates the grape harvest celebrations and the Moors and Christians parades.

The Altiplano of the Region of Murcia, which consists of the municipalities of Jumilla and Yecla, is only just over an hour by car from the Mar Menor, Cartagena, Mazarrón, Torrevieja and Alicante, and anyone wishing to visit real inland Spain and world-class wineries is advised to include Jumilla in their schedule.