Pérez Comendador-Leroux Museum

What It Is

The Casa de los Dávila, an 18th-century Baroque mansion at Calle Asensio Neila, 5, houses the work of the Hervás-born sculptor Enrique Pérez Comendador and his wife, the French painter Magdalena Leroux. The building carries the name of the last family that owned it before it became a museum, although it was built by Miguel Lumeras, who in 1803 asked permission to cut timber on the municipal hillside for the work. The facade is sober, of granite ashlar on two storeys, with projecting cornices, a triangular pediment and a doorway with a neoclassical lintel. It has been the museum's home since 1986, and shares the building with the public library and the municipal music school. It has been part of the Historic-Artistic Site of Hervás since 1969, together with the Jewish quarter and the church of Santa María.

What You Will See

The collection occupies seven permanent rooms and two temporary ones. Most of it is sculpture by Pérez Comendador: among the pieces on show are fourteen works dated between 1934 and 1974, in bronze, sandstone, polychrome lime mortar and marble, which in 2014 were lent to the ONCE Tactile Museum in Madrid so that they could be seen by touch. Alongside them, the painting of Magdalena Leroux and works by Ángel Duarte, Eugenio Hermoso and Zuloaga. The house also has a garden, the Roger Lecourtier Morel, and the library.

The museum also programmes temporary exhibitions, meetings and concerts: in October 2026 it was one of the venues of the Early Music Festival, with concerts on the 2nd, 10th and 16th.

Hours

Free entry. According to the tourist office's autumn 2026 timetable: in the morning, Wednesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 14:00; in the afternoon, Tuesday to Friday from 16:00 to 19:00 (from 17:00 to 20:00 in summer). It is closed on Mondays, Tuesday mornings, Saturday and Sunday afternoons and public holidays; in July and August it opens Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 14:00. Guided visits by reservation on 927 481 655.

How to Combine It

Allow an hour. It is in the centre, a few steps from the church of Santa María, so it fits before or after going up to the viewpoint and down through the Jewish quarter. If you come at the weekend, remember it only opens in the morning. Entry is free, so you can pop in for a while and come back another day.