REGION OF GALICIA, Pontevedra

Museo Municipal Ramón María Aller Ulloa. Lalín, Pontevedra.
C/ Ramón María Aller Ulloa 9. [CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE MAP]
www.lalin/org/cultura/museo
986 784 004. [email protected]

Closed on weekends.

Museum dedicated to the three naturalized sons of Lalín: the aviator Joaquín Loriga Taboada, the painter José Otero Abeledo, aka "Laxeiro" and the astronomer, priest and mathematician Ramón Mª Aller. The garden belonging to the late nineteenth century building features the first astronomical observatory of Galicia, opened by Aller, who owned the house. Besides the collections of personal belongings, photographs, paintings, manuscripts, library and study of the scientist (all in the permanent exhibition), there are temporary exhibitions, cinema screenings, conferences, concerts, etc. with the intention of promoting the personages linked to the Museum.