The building where the Santa Cruz Museum is located was originally a hospital for orphans built between 1504 and 1514 as a result of instructions in the will of Cardinal Pedro Gonzalez de Mendoza. Previously, Visigoth palaces has stood on the same site. The building façade is in one of the best examples of plateresque architecture in Toledo. It has a magnificent two-storey courtyard with a spectacular and unique staircase designed by Covarrubias. The museum is organised around three main sections: Fine Arts, Archaeology and Industrial Arts, and houses numerous works of artists such as El Greco, Ribera and Juan de Borgoña. There are also pieces representative of the different Toledo cultures: Hispanic-Roman, Visigoth, Arab and Mudejar, as well as sculptures, furniture, ceramics, glass, jewellery and tapestries and other textiles. There are even such curiosities as the giant mammoth tusks found in excavations close to the city.