Casa-Museo Pérez Galdós

The Casa-Museo Pérez Galdós is a literary house museum on Calle Cano in the Triana district of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, on Gran Canaria in Spain's Canary Islands. It is dedicated to Benito Pérez Galdós, one of the most important Spanish novelists of the nineteenth century, who was born in the city in 1843. The museum occupies the traditional Canarian house associated with his family and is a quiet, small-scale cultural stop close to the commercial streets of Triana and a short walk from Plaza de Santa Ana.

The house is arranged around a courtyard in the Canarian style, with wooden balconies and rooms that preserve the atmosphere of a nineteenth-century home. Visitors see rooms furnished with period pieces, along with personal objects, manuscripts, editions of his novels and documents that trace his career as a writer, journalist and later a politician. Displays explain his major works, including the long cycle of historical novels known as the Episodios Nacionales, and his role in Spanish literary realism. The library and archive aspects of the house give additional depth for visitors with a deeper interest in literature.

A visit usually takes forty-five minutes to an hour. Typical opening hours are Tuesday to Friday, split between morning and afternoon sessions, and admission is either free or a small fee, so visitors should confirm the current arrangements locally before going. Weekday mornings tend to be the quietest, and groups from schools sometimes visit in term time. The museum suits visitors interested in Spanish literature or the cultural life of the Canary Islands, and it can be paired with the neighbouring Teatro Pérez Galdós, also named after the author, and with a stroll through Triana and Vegueta. Information panels are mostly in Spanish, so visitors who do not read the language may benefit from a translation app or from asking staff for guidance. The house's small scale makes it a relaxed, unhurried stop.