Museo Néstor Álamo

In Santa María de Guia is located in Museo Néstor Álamo, this museum shows the evolution of the history of Canaria music. The first thing that catches your attention inside is that it is a traditional house in the historic center of Gran Canaria.

The tour begins with the sounds that the natives created about two thousand years ago and continues with the evolution of the sounds until reaching the traditional music as it is known today.

The interiors of the Néstor Álamo Museum offer rooms of a 17th century manorial building all under the guiding thread of the figure of Néstor Álamo.

Néstor Álamo is a key figure to understand traditional Canarian music and other artistic disciplines of the archipelago. The work of the multifaceted artist covers music, literature, restoration history, etc.

Néstor Álamo began to organize and catalog the file and library of the Canary Museum, ended up being the official chronicler of the island, also composed popular songs like Sombras del Mublo that happened to be the hymn of Gran Canaria, I do not only create the author Canarian song. He was also researcher of the catalog of the Inquisition, gave life to the museum of the Casa de Colón. An entire institution on the island.