Museo Arqueológico y Paleontológico de la Comunidad de Madrid

The Regional Archaeological Museum (Spanish: Museo Arqueológico y Paleontológico de la Comunidad de Madrid; MARPA) is an archaeological museum in Alcalá de Henares, Spain, dependent on the regional administration of the Community of Madrid. History Following the creation of the Community of Madrid in 1983 and the transfer to the former of the powers in cultural policies in 1985, a project to create a new regional museum was lined up, as the province of Madrid (already enjoying the National Archaeological Museum ) had lacked until that point a provincial museum. The old convent of La Madre de Dios in Alcalá de Henares was chosen as location of the future museum in 1985 and, following works started in 1987, the museum was eventually opened on 25 May 1999.