If you want to have fun learning World History, you can experience this with your ticket to the Lead Soldier PlomHist Museum, in Manzanares in the province of Ciudad Real.
PlomHist Museum
Located on Calle Miguel de Cervantes, in the heart of Manzanares, the PlomHist Lead Soldier Museum is one of the main tourist attractions in the province of Ciudad Real.
The museum, housed in a Manchegan manor house from the beginning of the 19th century, displays a chronological exhibition of World History with over 4000 lead soldiers. These figurines, characterised by clothes and armoury belonging to each age, will teach you history in a fun way. You'll also find up to 80 scale models and dioramas.
With your ticket to the Plomhist Museum, you can visit the four rooms that display its collection. The first is dedicated to Prehistory and Ancient History, an age when huge civilisations flourished, such as the Egyptians, the Greeks and the Romans.
In the second room, you'll learn about the Middle Ages. The next part of the exhibition focuses on the Modern Age and the start of the Contemporary Age, two periods of great social, military and technological transformation.
The fourth and final room explains all about the most recent stages of the Contemporary Age.
Schedule
The PlomHist Museum in Manzanares is open at the following times:
Morning schedule
- Wednesday-Sunday: 11 am - 1:30 pm
Evening schedule (only applicable on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday)
- January, February, March, November and December: 4 - 7 pm
- April, May, June, September and October: 6 - 9 pm
- July and first half of August: 7 - 10 pm
- The museum is closed during the second half of August.
Please be aware that these times are flexible and may be subject to changes.
Guided Tour of the Museum
On the 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month, there are guided tours at 11:30 am. These tours cost 4EUR per person and should be purchased at the ticket office on the same day of the activity.
