Ethnographic Museum of Grao

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Latitude: 43.3952866 Length: -6.0614705
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A wide and varied exhibition that takes us back in time and brings us closer in a visual, educational and enjoyable way to the most traditional culture of this region.

The spaces are organized around three themes , which allow visitors to learn about traditional Asturian life:

• A space dedicated to bread culture . Emphasis is placed on the cultivation of spelt , the most widespread crop in the area and the main cereal until the 20th century. On display are harvesting nets, a rabil rake for separating the grain from the husk, and a water-powered flour mill. An advanced lesson on the entire process.

• Space dedicated to the house . We can see a recreation of the kitchen , which was always the center of peasant life , and which includes all its elements: the racks for hanging the cooking pot; the benches where meals were eaten; the kneading trough for bread and the oven for baking it daily; the washbasin for laundry; and also a good number of household utensils. A dining room and a bedroom are also recreated , all with fine wood furniture. There is also a loom and the tools used for transforming wool and flax into yarn, such as carding combs, spindles, spinning wheels, and other implements.

· Space dedicated to traditional trades. Forge, loom, basketry, carpentry, pottery, press, barbershop, school.
The forge of the ironmonger where to make and repair iron utensils; a basket bench where goxos and baskets were made with hazelnut sticks; a carpenter's bench and lathe; a madreñero bench that was used to empty this very traditional footwear; a cobbler's bench; the wheel for sharpening knives, and ceramic samples from the Miranda workshop (Avilés).