The Archaeological Museum of Murcia (; MAM) is a State-owned archaeological museum in Murcia, Spain.
History The Museum of Antiquities of Murcia was created by means of a 6 July 1864 royal order, constituted as an added section to the Museum of Painting and Sculpture, created earlier in the year. In 1910, the museum moved to a new building designed by . In the 1950s, the museum moved again to its current premises, also known as Casa de la Cultura. The Spanish State transferred the museum's management to the Murcia's regional administration in 1984, while retaining its ownership. In 1962, the building was declared a Monument Historical-Artistic.
Exhibitions The permanent exhibition consists of 16 rooms, which contain sections on prehistory, the Paleolithic, and the Bronze Age. There is also a room on Iberian history, which contains "one of the most important Spanish collections of Iberian art".
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