The history of the Provincial Museum of Segovia or Segovia Museum began in 1844. As other museums of the times, this museum was conceived to bring together pieces and objects coming from the city and the countryside that materialized after the disentailment of most of the church possessions. Later enlarged with collections coming from individual families and citizens, art pieces and archaeological findings such as the extraordinary collection of Visigoth fibulae. The museum has had several sites, and it found its definite location when the City Council provided the general public with a solid building that had been used as a slaughter house since the times of King Henry IV. The so called House of the Sun (Casa del Sol), where today all information and documents related to the city’s history and that of its province are saved, treasures materials and data from 10,000 BC all the way through to mid-20th century.