The best Ethnographic Museums of Asturias

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The following museum spaces are part of this network :

· Museum of the Town of Asturias [Gijón]

Visiting the Muséu del Pueblu d'Asturies -Museum of the Asturian People- means discovering or rediscovering the daily life of our ancestors , learning how they spent their working and leisure time, how they interacted, what their houses were like, their food, their hobbies…

Muséu del Pueblu d'Asturies

Schoolchildren who visit it often call it "Our Grandparents' House," although for older people... Read more

Bagpipe Museum

In a community like Asturias, a museum dedicated to this instrument could not be missing. This museum is located in Gijón, within the ethnographic complex of the Museo del Pueblo de Asturias and in it we can admire a collection of about 60 bagpipes from all over the world.

The Bagpipe Museum

In a community like Asturias, where the bagpipe is one of its cultural and festive stars, it couldn't be… Read more

· Dairy Museum [La Foz, Morcín]

The museum is located in La Foz de Morcín, 15 km south of Oviedo. It was inaugurated in 1993 with the aim of collecting, studying, and disseminating the various aspects of the science and traditional technology of milk and its derivatives, as well as traditional agricultural practices and customs.

Dairy Museum

The museum is located in La Foz de Morcín, 15 km south of Oviedo . Its origins can be traced back to 1990 within… Read more

· Ethnographic Museum of Grandas de Salime [Grandas de Salime]

The mission of this museum is to collect, safeguard, conserve, expand, research, communicate, and disseminate the tangible and intangible ethnographic heritage of the Western Asturias region . It occupies the former Rectory of Grandas , which was renovated for this purpose, preserving its traditional architecture. It houses and displays more than 3.000 traditional instruments of all kinds , and its collection grows every year, or even every day, with ongoing contributions from individuals and public institutions.

Ethnographic Museum of Grandas de Salime

The mission of this museum is to collect, safeguard, preserve, increase, research, communicate and disseminate… Read more

· Asturias Cider Museum [Nava]

This municipality boasts one of the largest cider production areas in northern Spain . Written evidence of apple cultivation in the Principality predates the Romans, thanks to chronicles and Latin documents from before their time. The visit is designed to follow the cider-making cycle , which is why visitors are constantly struck by the remarkable parallels between the museum and its subject matter.

Cider Museum

Few things have such a capacity to represent the essence of Asturias in such a minimalist way as a… Read more

· Maritime Museum of Asturias [Luanco, Gozón]

A vast collection showcasing all kinds of fishing gear and equipment used by sailors in the Cantabrian Sea, the evolution of navigation and naval architecture from antiquity to the present day, a surprising collection of nautical charts from all seas and eras , maps, engravings, documents…

Maritime Museum of Asturias

To fit the sea into a museum, you can't do things by halves; it's best to capture it in all its dimensions and… Read more

· Ethnographic Museum of Porrúa [Porrúa, Llanes]

Open since 2000, it arose as an initiative of the neighborhood itself, specifically the dynamic Llacín Cultural Association, which also organizes the popular Porrúa Asturian Market year after year. The exhibition features objects, tools, and mechanisms of all kinds related to the most traditional activities of the Asturian countryside, encompassing domestic, pre-industrial, and artisanal aspects, all of which ultimately converge in a shared sociological context.

Ethnographic Museum of Porrúa

In the beautiful village of Porrúa, in the municipality of Llanes, famous for preserving its distinctive characteristics such as… Read more

· Pérez Villamil Ethnographic Museum [Puerto de Vega, Navia]

This museum is unique in its kind for its simultaneous recreation of maritime and rural life throughout the centuries. Furthermore, it houses one of the finest collections of traditional boatbuilding . There is also an area dedicated to Asturian emigration , several impressive ship models, merchant marine artifacts, and a zoological collection from the Cantabrian coast with an excellent display of shells and marine fossils.

Pérez Villamil Ethnographic Museum

This museum is unique in its kind for recreating both maritime and rural life throughout… Read more

· Marqués de Sargadelos Birthplace Museum [Ferreirela de Baxo, Santa Eulalia de Oscos]

This is the birthplace of the Marqués de Sargadelos, especially known for devising and founding the Sargadelos ceramic factory, a model of the first industrial capitalism in Spain. During our visit we will know first-hand the traditional Asturian architecture of the West, the way of life of yesteryear, the traditions, customs and subsistence economy of the XNUMXth and XNUMXth centuries.

Birthplace of the Marquis of Sargadelos

Experiencing history firsthand also includes visiting the homes where prominent figures of your time were born … Read more

· Somiedo Ecomuseum [Caunéu y Veigas, Somiedo]

In the two venues of the museum we can make a broad immersion in somedan life. The most deeply rooted trades in the area, their tools and processes, the transhumant life of ranchers with their itinerant movements, a teito house with all the furniture intact ...