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Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea
Designed by Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza, this space features temporary exhibitions of contemporary Galician and international art.
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Museo do Pobo Galego
Museum created in 1977 within the former Convent of Santo Domingo de Bonaval, on a hill outside the old city walls and next to the pilgrimage trail. Exhibits cover coastal life, traditional trades, the country, costumes and architecture, also Galician archaeology, painting and sculpture. Many notable Galician figures are buried in the convent cemetery. Famous for its triple helical staircase designed by Domingo de Andrade.
Museo Casa da Troia
Historic reconstruction of a late 19th-century student boarding house, immortalized in Alejandro Pérez Lugín's famous novel «La Casa de la Troya».
Benedictine monastery rebuilt in the 16th century and closed down in the 19th. It became a seminary and museum, and also contains a simple hotel, see below.
Museo de Arte Sacro de San Paio de Antealtares
Located in an enclosed Benedictine convent, it displays a collection of sacred art including the original altar that housed the tomb of St. James before the construction of the present Romanesque cathedral.
Museo de San Martiño Pinario
Housed in Spain's second largest monastery complex. Exhibits Baroque religious imagery, an old printing press, a historic pharmacy, liturgical garments, and access to the monumental main altarpiece.
Museo Catedral de Santiago
Located within the cathedral complex, it includes Gelmírez Palace, the Renaissance cloister, the crypt under the Pórtico de la Gloria, and exhibition rooms displaying tapestries (with designs by Goya and Teniers), liturgical silverware, Library (with the Botafumeiro censer), the Chapterhouse, and the continuous balcony with views of the plaza and old town streets.