Opening hours

Know when you can meet our ancestors

 

OPENING HOURS MEH

Entry to the Museum is allowed until half an hour before closing, that is, 7:30 p.m. Remember that on Wednesday afternoons admission is free.

 

OPENING HOURS CAREX AND CAYAC

* Closed Mondays, with exceptions.

 

> Visit to the Sites of the Sierra de Atapuerca

* Check departure point (CAREX or CAYAC)

January: closed (except Christmas)

February, march, november and december (until closing): 
   Week: 11h
   Weekend: 10h, 11h, 12h and 13h

April, may, june, 2nd half of september and october:
   Week: 11h and 17h
   Saturday: 10h, 11h, 12h, 13h, 16h and 17h
   Sunday: 10h, 11h, 12h y 13h

July and 1st half of september:
   Week: 10h, 11h, 12h, 13h, 16h and 17h
   
Sunday: 10h, 11h, 12h y 13h

August:
   Week: departures every 30’ min, from 10h to 13:30h and 16:00 to 19:00h
   Sunday: departures every 30’ min, from 10h to 13:30h

Christmas (2, 3, 4 and 5 january; 24, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 31 december):
   Departures 10h, 11h, 12h y 13h

In addition, departure times are extended during special dates:

Easter Week, p. Castilla y León, Pilar day (12 oct): 
   10:30h, 11:30h, 12:30h, 13:30h and 16:30h

Labor day, p. november and p. december:
   10:30h, 12:30h and 13:30h

 

Visit to the Experimental Archeology Center (CAREX)

* Check departure point (CAREX or CAYAC)

January: closed (except Christmas)

February
   Week: 13:30h
   Weekend: 10.15h, 11:15h, 12:30h and 13:30h

March, november and december (until closing)
   Week: 13:30h
   Weekend: 10h, 11:15h, 12:30h and 13:30h

April, may, june, 2nd half of september and october:
   Week: 13:30h and 15:15h
   Saturday: 10h, 11:15h, 12:30h, 13:30h, 14h and 15:15h
   Sunday: 10h, 11:15h, 12:30h and 13:30h

July and 1st half of september:
   Week: 10h, 11:15h, 12:30h, 13:30h, 14h and 15:15h
   Sunday: 10h, 11:15h, 12:30h and 13:30h

August:
   Week: 10h, 11:15h, 12:30h, 13:30h, 15:15h, 16h, 17:15h and 18:15h
   Sunday: 10h, 11:15h, 12:30h and 13:30h

Christmas (2, 3, 4 and 5 january; 24, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 31 december):
   Departures 10h, 11:15h, 12:30h and 13:30h

In addition, departure times are extended during special dates:

Easter Week, p. Castilla y León, Pilar day (12 oct): 
   10:30h, 11:45h, 12:45h, 14:00h and 14:45h

Labor day, p. november and p. december:
   10:30h, 11:45h and 12:45h

   

 

INFORMATION OF INTEREST

> Reservations to visit Atapuerca sites

Telephone service hours for reservations:

  • Monday to Saturday from 9:00h to 17:00h.
  • Sundays from 9:00h to 14:00h.

To visit the Atapuerca Archaeological Sites it is necessary to reserve in advance by calling 947421000 or writing to reserva@museoevolucionhumana.com

Reservations are subject to availability of places.

 

> Clarifications for visits to the Sites and the Experimental Archeology Center

 

The Sites in the Sierra can be reached by bus from Carex or Cayac and the visit is guided, lasting between an hour and a half and an hour and a half.

You must pre-book the buses that leave from the Centro de Arqueología Experimental (CAREX) and CAYAC de Atapuerca. Reservations are subject to availability of places.

In some seasons, for security reasons, the visit to the Trench Railway of the Deposits changes its route.