Fine arts Museum of the city of Cordoba is located in the Plaza del Potro, in the building formerly occupied by a Charitable hospital for the poor. Another part of this building is the Museum of Julio Romero de Torres. The two-storey building of the old hospital was built and decorated in a restrained Baroque style. The main facades of the two museums facing the square. The special charm of this building gives a patio with a beautifully planted with trees, in the centre of which is mounted a picturesque fountain.

The Museum was founded in 1862, and initially his collection consisted of pieces of art confiscated from various monasteries after their destruction. Subsequently, the collection was replenished largely by donations produced by private individuals and the government of Andalusia. Today in the Museum of Fine arts exhibited large collection of paintings, sculpture, graphics. Increasingly it includes works by Spanish masters relating to periods of Baroque and Renaissance. Here you can see paintings by artists such as Antonio Palomino, Juan Luis Zambrano, Rafael Beaute, Pablo de Cespedes, Pedro de Cordoba, Murillo, josé de Ribera and many other prominent painters. No less interesting is the collection of sculptures, including works by masters such as Juan Cristobal, Julio Antonio, Juan de Mass, Matteo Inuria. Special attention deserves an amazing collection of graphs, in which there are works of famous Francisco Goya.