The Museum of Galician Contemporary Art 'Carlos Maside was created in 1970 as a response to the need for the collecting the work and documents from the 30s generation artists. Later on, their goals were beyond that and tried to be a witness of Galician contemporary art. The museum is located in an architectural complex, which also holds the Cerámicas O Castro factory, devoted to ceramics showing. The complex also houses a library and a hall for temporary exhibitions. The museum is situated in the most characteristic building, with hexagonal modules distributed around a central module.