Museo Casa de Murillo

In Seville's historic Barrio de Santa Cruz, on Calle Santa Teresa, stands the Casa de Murillo. This two-story building, with a central courtyard lined with columns, was the home of the famous painter Bartolomé Esteban Murillo in the last years of his life. The house was originally turned into a museum in 1972 and opened to the public in 1982, on the 300th anniversary of the artist's death, to convey an authentic seventeenth-century atmosphere. Since 1998, however, the building has mostly housed offices of the Andalusian Ministry of Culture. For visitors, only a small exhibition room remains, used for changing special exhibitions.