Before the advent of mechanisation, stone breakers extracted the blocks stone from the mountain on which masons would work. With picks, wedges and sledgehammers, and later with dynamite, they split the rock into huge blocks which were moved by means of rollers onto ox carts.
Os oficios (sala I)
From Tuesday to Saturday:
11:00 -18:00 hours
Sundays and holidays
11 - 14 hours
MONDAYS CLOSED
December 24 and 31, January 5: 11 - 14 hours
Annual closure:
January 1(New Year) and
December 25 (Christmas)
Ordinary ticket:
4 euros
Reduced rate:
1,50 euro (over 65, students over 18)
Free entrance:
Museum Members (companion 3 euros), students under 18 and unemployed
Groups of 6 or more:
3 euros per person
Temporary Exhibition visits:
Free
Free Entrance:
Sundays
May 18 (Museum Day)
July 25
October 29 (MPG annivers)
It is possible to arrange group visits by prior appointment
Virtual look at the museum requires installation of :
· QuickTime. 
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