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Museum of the Army (Toledo)

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The new building houses the administrative offices, the Temporary Exhibitions room, the Army room in the present time, the didactic classroom, the auditorium, the archive, the library, the coffee shop, the restoration workshops and the warehouses, all of them endowed with the greatest technical
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The history of the museum began in 1803 when the royal military museum was established in a building in Madrid known as the Palacio de Monteleón. The building also served as a barracks for artillery units and it was attacked and looted by the French when they suppressed the
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forces. In the aftermath of the war, the ruins of the building became a propagandistic memorial to the Francoist victory. Yet still, the choice of content and the museographic treatment proved to be even more controversial.
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The Alcázar is used for the Permanent Exhibition. Some rooms are devoted to chronological displays reflecting the history of Spain twinned with that of its Army, other rooms show the collections thematically.
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In the twenty-first century the collections were moved from Madrid to Toledo. The new premises offered much more space, although the site was not without controversy because of its associations with the
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of 1808. The museum was reestablished, but in 1827 it was divided into two sections: the Museo de Artillería and the Museo de Ingenieros. Later the collections were unified and housed in the
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Orgánicamente el Museo del Ejército es un museo de titularidad y gestión estatal y categoría nacional con sede en el Alcázar de Toledo, adscrito al Ministerio de Defensa
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in its original box. The Spanish have preserved a number of Enigma machines, modified versions of the commercial machine, which were obtained by Franco from
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Lanzarote Guiral, José María (2011). "National Museums in Spain: A History of Crown, Church and People". In Aronsson, Peter; Elgenius, Gabriella (eds.).
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The collection was previously housed in Madrid, and the museum opened on its present site in 2010. It occupies two linked buildings, Toledo's historic
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Some of the display cases belonging to the museum are of interest in their own right with decorative details reflecting their contents.
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advances for the conservation, restoration, cataloging, investigation and diffusion of the funds that are guarded.
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Bronze cannon Plasencia of 9 cm Model 1878 Krupp. Manufactured in the Royal Artillery Factory of Seville
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State-owned museum in the same "Museums of Spain Network" but not styled "National Museum".
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broke Franco's Enigma, but knowledge of this breakthrough was not shared with the
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Museos.es: Revista de la Subdirección General de Museos Estatales
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González Martí National Museum of Ceramics and Decorative Arts
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The museum contains many miniature replicas of battles.
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Museum of Garment - Ethnologic Heritage Research Center
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Vice-Rectorate of Teaching and International Relations
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The personal sword, sultan clothing and shoes worn by
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Toledo
Coordinates
39°51′31″N 4°01′14″W / 39.8587°N 4.0205°W / 39.8587; -4.0205
General State Administration
Toledo railway station
Spanish
Toledo
Spanish Army
Ministry of Defence
Alcázar
Dos de Mayo Uprising
Hall of Realms
Siege of the Alcázar
Spanish Civil War
Nationalist
Felipe, Prince of Asturias

archaeological
Enigma machine
Nazi Germany
Dilly Knox
Republicans
Bronze cannon Plasencia of 9 cm Model 1878 Krupp. Manufactured in the Royal Artillery Factory of Seville
16th-century armours, Medinaceli Collection
Flag of Ramón Cabrera
Ramón Cabrera
Costume of a cavalryman of the Trozo de Milan
Japanese armor, end-Edo period (1603–1868)

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