In 1983, distinguished professor Joan Hern谩ndez Mora donated his magnificent collection to the city of Ma贸. The collection consists of a large number of furniture items, objects and pictures, all from Menorca, plus a well-stocked library containing practically everything ever published about Menorca or written by Menorcan authors. In 1987, Ma贸 City Council installed his legacy in one of the rooms in the cloister of El Carme, as a museum and library. The overall layout of the museum is designed to look like the inside of a Menorcan house. The books, papers and other exhibits are arranged chronologically in all the rooms,
starting with the 18th century through to 19th and 20th
century publications, although three of the collections stand on their own: the characters gallery, the map collection and works by his relatives. The characters gallery contains around thirty portraits, most of which are prints, but there are some oil paintings and photographs of leading figures such as British, French and Spanish governors and soldiers, including Lannion, Kane, Murray and Cifuentes. The map collection is superb, with seventy exhibits of watercolour tinted prints. The maps are split into three sections, from the more general ones of the Mediterranean and the Balearic Islands, to the more detailed, such as the plans for the castle of Sant Felip, plus a wide range of maps of Menorca. The oldest map shows the islands in 1534. 94