Free museums, family workshops, guided visits, exhibitions and hidden collections…
Not a bad excuse to spend a day indoors if Tenerife decides to throw one of its occasional “four seasons in one afternoon” moments.
Free Entry to Tenerife Museums on May 18th
📅 International Museum Day — May 18th, 2026
Museums across Tenerife will celebrate International Museum Day with:
🎟 Free entry
🖼 Special exhibitions
👨👩👧 Family activities
🎤 Talks and guided tours
This year’s international theme is:
🌍 “Museums Uniting a Divided World”
Highlighting how museums can help connect communities, cultures and different perspectives.
It also marks:
🎉 ICOM’s 80th anniversary
Highlights at MUNA (Museum of Nature and Archaeology)
📍 Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Family Workshops
🗓 May 16 & 23 | 11:00am
“Whose Little Bit Is This?”
Linked to the exhibition Canary Islands in Detail
🗓 May 24 | 11:00am
“From the Small to the Vast”
Special Activities
🗓 May 18 | 5:30pm
🔬 Round Table: Forum of Women Scientists and Technologists
🗓 May 18 | 7:00pm – 9:00pm
📖 Lecture: History of the Old Civil Hospital of Santa Cruz Los Desamparados
🗓 May 19 & 21
🕚 11:00am and 1:00pm
🦴 Exhibition: Hidden Treasures of the Natural Sciences Museum
🗓 May 19 & 21 | 5:30pm – 8:00pm
⚔️ Workshop: Violence in the Ancient World: Aboriginal Canary Islands
MHAT — Casa de Carta
📍 Valle de Guerra, La Laguna
🗓 May 14 | 10:00am
🎨 Opening of the exhibition: Museoneta Goes to Your School
🗓 May 21
🎧 Launch of podcast: Sound Punctuations
Casa Lercaro Guided Tours
📍 La Laguna
🗓 May 18, 19 & 21
🕙 10:00am – 11:00am
🕔 5:00pm – 6:00pm
🗓 May 22
🕙 10:00am – 11:00am
Tour title:
🖼 Ordered Objects, Connected Worlds
San Cristóbal Castle Interpretation Centre
📍 Santa Cruz
🗓 May 18
🕛 12:00pm – 1:00pm
🕟 4:30pm – 5:30pm
Guided visit:
🏰 Living Without Division
CEDOCAM Activities
📅 April 10th – September 11th
📚 Documentary exhibition:
“Cultural Vibrations: The Inspirational Journey of Esmeralda Cervantes”
Also including:
🚶 Guided routes around Santa Cruz
🏛 Museum visits
💻 Virtual document: Esmeralda Cervantes: The Art of Uniting Worlds
Worth Knowing
International Museum Day is one of those events people mean to visit every year…
Then somehow end up spending three hours inside one exhibition they hadn’t planned to see.
Which is usually the best outcome anyway.