Museum of the Asturian People
The Museum of the Asturian People (Spanish: Museo del Pueblo de Asturias; Asturian: Muséu del Pueblu d'Asturies) is a museum in Gijón, Principality of Asturias, Spain.[1] It is an open-air artspace containing Asturian popular art installations, large ethnographic items, and three buildings:
- Casa de los Valdes: temporary exhibition space
- Casa de los González de la Vega: site of the International Bagpipe Museum, including a collection of traditional Asturian musical instruments.[2]
- The Asturian Pavilion from the 1992 Universal Exposition of Seville, installed at the museum in 1994.
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| Established | 1968 |
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| Location | Paseo del Doctor Fleming, 877 (La Güelga), Gijón, Asturias, Spain |
| Website | The museum at Gijón City Hall website |
The museum is also known as Asturian Village (Spanish: Pueblo de Asturias;[3][4] Asturian: Pueblu d'Asturies), since pueblo (in Asturian language, pueblu) means both village and people, and the museum documents the culture of Asturian people, while being in a setting that contains rural buildings and houses, resembling a traditional Asturian village. [5]
References
- "The Museum of the People of Asturias: history and memory". Barceló Experiences. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- Oseid, John. "Gijón: An Art Nouveau Surprise On Spain's Cantabrian Coast". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- ""El llamado Pueblo de Asturias"". La Nueva España (in Spanish). 2018-07-03. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
- García, Sergio (2023-04-30). "El LEV Festival abarrota el Pueblo de Asturias". La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-10.
- "Muséu del Pueblu d' Asturies". Turismo Asturias (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-10.
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