Wandergliding: The Cromatica Museum

January 26th, 2026

After visiting the Mezquita Del Cristo de la Luz and before going to the other 6 sites included with my tourist wristband (see the previous blogpost if you’re confused), I went to the Cromatica Museum. Sometimes when you’re travelling, you stumble across a gem…something different, something spectacular, something remarkable…this was one of these places.

The entrance to the museum.

When I purchased my ticket, the man asked me if I wanted to include a drink with my entrance fee. I declined, but I thought it was super cool that the first thing that I saw in the museum was this bar with a cool cat, goatee sporting bartender behind the counter.

They sometimes have musicians play in the bar area.

The museum houses a collection of various types of guitars, saxophones, violins, pianos, a harp, a mandolin and some other musical instruments, all of which have been turned into art pieces. The owner of the museum, Luis García is a seasoned guitarist with a family legacy in guitar-making. He commissioned numerous artists over the span of many years (some date back to the late 50s) to paint the instruments in various colours and designs.

The first hallway of the "labyrinth" as the ticket seller described it in Spanish.

A Japanese fishy themed violin.

The backside.

A couple of alto saxophones on display in the first hallway...I'd later find out there was a whole room dedicated to saxophones.

The backside of the peacock.

The first room after the long hallway.

This piano was a bit dark, but cool...double click it to zoom in and check out all of the detail.

One part of the piano.

Flick the switch.

This really looks like Jack Nicholson as the Joker, but the guitar was painted in 1963 and Jack portrayed the Joker in 1989!

A cool chess guitar. I like that there is an actually bishop, an elephant (which has been used as a rook in the Persian version of chess) and a horse representing the knight.

David Bowie's profile on one side...

...and a quote of his on the other.

This was one of the few artwork pieces that wasn't just paint. I'm not sure what was used but they are little people who actually stick out of the instrument. I should have taken a photo from the side close up.

What a grand piano!

Some were slightly disturbing.

An Egyptian violin.

This was probably the only one that had a background to enhance the piece. Note that almost all of the instruments rotate so that you can see all sides of it.