Presentation The Network of Ethnographic Museums of Asturias was created in 2001 by the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Principality of Asturias and by the collaboration with the Gijón City Council. Its task is to coordinate collections, distribute information, research and develop training programs in these museums throughout Asturias. Most of the museums are small, local, regional or thematic museums whose creation is promoted by city councils, cultural associations or individuals. The human and economic resources are scanty, however the union of this network will enable these museums to share services and experiences, to obtain better results in the preservation of cultural heritage and to offer the best service to the public. The proliferation of these museums is characteristic of contemporary Museology all over the world. Societies need to preserve their heritage. Museums are not only a way of promoting knowledge, preservation and the disbursement of ethnographic heritage, but if well-endowed, they are a fundamental means to making the area of interest better known and an incentive for further economic development. www.oscoseoturismo.com Phones: 985 621 295 Ferreirela de Baxo [email protected] 676 814 094 33776 Santa Eulalia de Oscos Museo Casa Natal del TheMarqués legacy of an enlightened de man Sargadelosin western Asturias Services: • Guided tours for groups, prior reservation (8 people minimum). • Discount for both Marqués de Sargadelos’ House and Mazonovo’s hydraulic plant. • Cultural activities, crafts workshops and interpretation of the rural heritage for children and adults. Contact the museum to consult the calendar of events. Opening hours: Travel back to the 18th century and come visit the house Open: from July 1st to September 15th, where Marquis of Sargadelos (1749-1809) was born. The Easter and holiday weekends in Asturias Marqués was an industrialist and an enlightened man who and Galicia. built one of the first factories of molten iron and pottery in Hours: from 11:30 to 14:00 and from 16:30 to 18:00 Sargadelos (Lugo), Spain. Guided tours: 11:30, 12:30, 16:30, 17:30 Discover and feel the way of life in a traditional Asturian and 18:30 dwelling by walking through its different rooms: patio Closed Sunday afternoon and Monday (courtyard), lareira (fireplace), cuarto de fora (outside room), Fees: sala (large living room), Fragua (forge), Bodega (cellar) and Adults: € 3 hórreo (stilt granary). Visit the different buildings that were Under 10 years: Free transformed into an exhibition of various objects produced in From 10 to 16 years: € 1.50 the original factories of Sargadelos. Groups (25 people): € 2 Joint with Mazonovo: € 5 Next to the museum is the headquarters of Artesanamente, which is used to teach ethnographic activities and to bring the museum to life including courses that focus on the daily routines of the times, and the study of wild mushroom and medicinal plants. Two km away, in Mazonovo, you can visit a functioning hydraulic foundry (old smithy) from 18th century up until the 21st century. www.museodegrandas.es Phone: 985 627 243 Avenida del Ferreiro, 17 [email protected] 33730 Grandas de Salime Museo Etnográfico Ade living Grandas museum in western Asturias de Salime Services: • Demonstrations of traditional trades. • Guided tours for school groups. • Temporary exhibitions. • Library. Fotografía: Cámala Fotografía: Opening hours: The exhibition shows the traditional rural way of life in October — April western Asturias. It incorporates elements from Asturias, Tuesday to Friday: 11:00 - 14:00 / 16:00 - 18:30 Peninsular and European places. The museum occupies Saturdays: 11:00 - 14:30 / 16:00 - 18:30 2 Sundays and holidays: 11:00 - 15:00 over 3,000 m and contains three buildings that exemplify May — September different models of traditional architecture. The Casa Tuesday to Saturday: 11:00 - 14:30 / 16:00 - 20:00 Rectoral or Rectory House recreates the living space and Sundays and holidays: 11:00 - 15:00 the peasant work areas. The school, commerce, the barber Easter shop and other trades of the rural area have been established Thursday to Saturday: 11:00 - 14:30 / 16:00 in the Casoa or big country house. The Casa del Molinero - 19:30 Sunday: 11:00 - 15:00 or the miller’s house contains workshops and temporary Closing days exhibitions. Within the complex, visitors can find a chapel, Mondays a mill and basic elements which formed part of the peasant Sundays and holidays in the afternoon economy. On the grounds of the museum is stilt barn, January 1st and 6th December 24th, 25th and 31th panera, a cabazo and a straw covered hórreo. Crafts, such as traditional “tornería”, have been rescued from Fees: oblivion and are developed in a unique way in a museum that Adults: € 1.5 Adults (large family): € 0.75 maintains the vocation that inspired its foundation. Children (up to 5 years): free Children (6 to 12 years): € 0.3 Tourist group (+15 people) by appointment: 0.75 € School group by appointment: free [email protected] Phone.: 985 648 805 Avda. Juan Pérez Villamil, 2 33790 Puerto de Vega – Navia Museo Etnográfico “Juan ThePérez sea life. The Villamil” land. Emigration Services: • Assembly Hall. • Public Library. Opening hours: The museum is located in an old fish factory in Puerto la Tuesday — Friday Vega. The exhibit shows the way of life of the townspeople, From 12:00 to 14:00 and from 17:30 to 19:30 traditional household contents and craft trades. The — Saturdays Sundays canning industry for Puerto de Vega and other marine From 11:30 to 14:30 and from 16:30 to 19:30 villages was of major importance. Some of the machines that belonged to the old cannery are displayed at the entrance. The museum is distributed between the ground floor and in the attic. On the ground floor, you can see the recreation of the traditional home with the char (kitchen’s fireplace), the bedroom, the peasant’s tools, and eight traditional trades linked to the area including the fishing industry. There is also an excellent collection of riverside carpentry tools. In the attic, next to the tribute to the emigrant, is an important collection of models related to the world of the sea and a collection of marine fauna. wwwmuvas.es Phone: 985 804 835 33874 Naraval – Tineo [email protected] [email protected] Museo Vaqueiro Trashumancede Asturias as a way of life Opening hours: This museum was inaugurated in Naraval (Tineo) on June Visits arranged by phone 29, 2000 and is part of Manxelón Cultural Association. It’s located in the heart of the Comarca Vaqueira or “cattle-drive” region. Its aim is to preserve, to share and to study the culture of the Asturian vaqueiros, transhumant shepherds dedicated to the raising cattle, the trajinería (ambulant commerce) and arriería (arrears) from the 16th to the 20th centuries. Their isolated habitat, their way of life and their economy separated them from the rest of the Asturian people. As a minority, they have been discriminated by their neighbors until the middle of the 20th century. The museum has two headquarters. In the town of Naraval there are two buildings; an informational panel room, and the other building houses traditional objects of the times. There is also a panera (stilt granary). In Folgueras del Río, an authentic casa terrera, a dirt house can be visited. www.somiedo.es Phones: 985 763 984 Caunedo [email protected] 985 763 652 33840 Somiedo Ecomuseo Traditionalde Somiedo trades, transhumance and thatched covered buildings Services: • Guided tours for groups. • Temporary exhibitions. • Sale of publications. • Museum shop. • Multi-purpose classroom. • Space for events. (garden, yard) Opening hours: This Eco-Museum, dating from 1991, was a project developed by The Trades and Transhumance (Caunedo) anthropologist Adolfo García Martínez and the Town Council, with Winter (September 16th — June 30th) the aim of informing visitors of the natural environment and the Monday and Tuesday: closed cultural heritage of the people of Somiedo. The museum is divided Wednesday, Thursday and Friday: 11:00 - 14:00 into three parts: the home, the workshop and the ethnographic routes. Saturday and Sunday: 11:00 - 14:00 / 16:00 The section dedicated to the home consists of three buildings of - 19:00 different styles which all contain thatched roofs. Summer ( July 1st — September 15th) The trade exhibit is located in the school of Caunedo, built in 1953, Monday to Sunday: 11:00 - 14:00 / 16:00 - 20:00 based on a project from architect Julio Galán that was financed The House (Veigas) by José Feito Taladrid, an emigrant residing in Cuba. There are representations of various trades: madreñeiro (wooden footwear Winter (September 16th — June 30th) Monday and Tuesday: closed maker), carpinteiro (carpenter), goxeiro (basket weaver), ferreiro Wednesday to Sunday: 11:00 - 14:00 / (blacksmith) and canteiro (stonecutter). One of the classrooms is 16:00 - 19:00 dedicated to the history of the building itself and its use as a school, Summer ( July 1st — September 15th) school-workshop and museum. The second floor shows the three Monday to Sunday: 11:00 - 14:00 / 16:00 - 20:00 types of transhumance or cattle-drive in Somiedo. The way of life in Somiedo is demonstrated in by its dramatic Fees: landscape and livestock. The numerous brañas can be found on county Both museum’s headquarters can be visited roads and trails throughout Somiedo. There are huts and corros (round with the same ticket Adults: € 2 structures) that vary in size, and built from various local materials. Children: € 1 Some of the huts are thatched covered (Saliencia, La Pornacal, Braña Groups: € 1 each person Viecha) and others are completely built of stone (Sousas, La Mesa). Free: local visitors, school visits, children under 6 In the village or Urria, thatched material or broom cover an hórreo Free entrance on Mondays in Summer (storage unit of stilts) and in El Valle thatch covers a mill.