The Museo Provincial de Teruel is consistently underrated and consistently excellent. Its collection of Iberian-age material from the 6th to 4th centuries BCE is the highlight — ceramics, metalwork, and sculpture from the pre-Roman peoples who inhabited this part of Spain, displayed with unusually good contextual information. The quality of the objects and the depth of the collection places it among the best Iberian archaeological museums in the country.
The building itself — a 16th-century Renaissance structure that served as the first seat of the regional assembly — is worth seeing independently. Five floors of exhibitions cover the archaeology, natural history, and ethnography of Teruel province, with the upper level opening onto a columned arcade with views across the rooftops and out to the Mudéjar towers. Entry is free for EU citizens.