Teatro-Museo Dali, Spain

At first glance at the House Museum of Salvador Dali, one can say that the house of the outstanding surrealist painter should look exactly like this. The unique house is located in Figeras and forms a uniform architectural group with reconstructed walls surrounding the city in the early Middle Ages. The history of the museum is incredibly interesting. In the first half of the 20th century, this building served as the location of the theater in which the young painter presented his first works.

During the bourgeois war, the building was partly destroyed, and was long empty in the post-war period. In 1960 Salvador Dali bought the building and completely rebuilt it. In the magnificent mansion, the painter lived until his death in 1989. The museum was still open during the lifetime of the painter, Its opening was a real holiday for the tiny city.

In the museum not only the works of Salvador Dali, but also the paintings of other outstanding painters are preserved. During his lifetime Salvador collected a large collection of art. The jewelery collection that Salvador Dali has created especially for a rich American Owen Cheatham is considered one of the most interesting. The collection of the works of the great surrealist presented in the museum is the largest exposure of his paintings in the world. Apart from the paintings and sculptures, the three-dimensional collages created by the painter are of great value, including the famous room with the face May West. The tomb, in the balsamierten body Salvador Dalis rests, is likewise in the building and is open to the visitors. Next - Sherlock Holmes Museum