The Carmen Thyssen Museum in Malaga is launching a virtual reality guided tour program of its archaeological site in September, providing visitors with a new perspective on Roman Malaca. This initiative aims to enhance the visitor experience with a deeper historical immersion.
The site, discovered during the renovation of the Palacio de Villalón, features remains dating back to the 1st century AD, including a stately home and fish-salting vats. Excavation and consolidation continued until 2018, with the area opening to the public in March.
The guided tours, approximately one hour long, will incorporate virtual reality headsets. These devices will recreate the different areas of the site as they originally were, offering a detailed view of daily life for a 1st-century Malagan family and the economic prosperity of the era, linked to the export of garum.
The archaeological enclosure, spanning about seven hundred square meters, displays vestiges of a stately house, salting vats, a monumental nymphaeum with decorative fish paintings, and parts of the original street layout. The remains testify to the dwelling's use until the early 7th century.
In addition to this new offering, the museum will refresh its exhibition program in October with two shows: '¡Olé! The Spanish Myth through Andalusia,' which examines the contribution of Andalusian folklore to the representation of Spain, and 'Julio González, Painter and Draftsman,' dedicated to the innovator of 20th-century sculpture.
