Pérez Galdós House Museum in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

The courtyards

As soon as you step through the entrance you reach the house's two inner courtyards, decorated with plants. In them are a water basin, a well, a stone staircase, a palm tree and galleries made of pino tea, a wood that is very typical of old Canarian houses.

The kitchen

The stone kitchen has a wood-fired stove, and you'll also see traditional earthenware and crockery there.

The Sorolla portrait

Among the most valuable pieces in the house is the portrait of the novelist painted by Joaquín Sorolla in 1894.

His library and personal belongings

Here you'll find the writer's personal library, a wealth of original documents and the paintings, drawings, furniture and objects that the museum bought from his daughter, María Pérez Galdós Cobián, and her heirs.

The Victorio Macho sculpture

The museum is spread over two houses on Calle Cano. In the courtyard of the second is Victorio Macho's sculpture of Galdós, which used to stand on the old quay in Las Palmas.