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:

Museum of the Asturian People
Muséu del Pueblu d'Asturies
Established1968
LocationPaseo del Doctor Fleming, 877 (La Güelga), Gijón, Asturias, Spain
WebsiteThe 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

  1. "The Museum of the People of Asturias: history and memory". Barceló Experiences. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  2. Oseid, John. "Gijón: An Art Nouveau Surprise On Spain's Cantabrian Coast". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  3. ""El llamado Pueblo de Asturias"". La Nueva España (in Spanish). 2018-07-03. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
  4. García, Sergio (2023-04-30). "El LEV Festival abarrota el Pueblo de Asturias". La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-10.
  5. "Muséu del Pueblu d' Asturies". Turismo Asturias (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-10.

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