Ethnographic and History Museum of Grau/Grado
- Location Grado Western Asturias
- Address Address: C/ Eduardo Sierra, 10 (Palacio de Fontela) ■ 33820 - Grau/Grado
- Phone Phone: 636 909 088 | 985 752 277
- Email Email: turismo@ayto-grado.es , museoetnografico@ayto-grado.es
- Site: Visit
- Schedules and prices: View
- Documents Documents: General information Ethnographic Museum of Grado (PDF, 106 KB) , General information civil war collection (PDF, 802 KB)
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Founded in 1982, it currently has several collections, which are distributed in three locations:
The Palacio Fontela, in the centre of the town, where the tourist office is located, and the Villa ya Mercáu, which deals with the history of Grado, the market, industry, commercial tradition and bourgeois life, with spaces such as the shop, the market, the barber's shop, etc. It also has two private collections: History of Photography and Accordions.
The Palace of Miranda-Valdecarzana, also located in the centre of the town and currently the Casa de Cultura, where the Llagar de sidrais located, which contains two enormous ciderpresses, one of them with old carvings, and other objects for the production and consumption of cider.
La Cardosa, 500 metres from the centre of the village of Grau/Grado, is home to two collections: the Traditional Culture collection and the Civil War collection.
The Traditional Culture collection brings together a legacy relating mainly to the central-western region of Asturias and is divided into several areas dedicated to bread (mills, treading stones), the home (kitchen, bedrooms, crockery), the agricultural and livestock area (farms, commons, tools, etc.), and traditional trades (forge, loom, basketry, carpentry, pottery, cider mill, barber's shop, school, etc.).
The Civil War museum also has three areas where the history of the Civil War in Asturias and in Grado and the fortifications scattered around the council are exhibited.
Guided tours by collections and venues (for groups of more than 10 people, always with previous reservation).
- Villa ya Mercáu - monthly visits according to the calendar.
- History of Photography - first Sunday of every month - 12:00 h - no reservation required.
- Accordions - third Sunday of every month - 12:00 h - without reservation
- Cider Cider Cider Mill - as part of the visit to the Historical Centre - visits according to schedule
- Traditional culture and/or Civil War - visits by reservation only
Schedules and prices
- Headquarters Villa ya Mercáu
Wednesday: 10:00 to 15:00 and 16:00 to 18:00
Thursday and Friday: 10:00 to 15:00
Saturday: 10:00 to 17:30
Sunday: 10:00 to 16:00
Closed: Monday, Tuesday, 12th, 19th, 20th, 22nd to 27th and 31st of December - Cider Cider Mill (Palacio de Miranda Valdecarzana. C/ Cerro de la Muralla)
Monday to Friday: 10:00 to 20:45
Saturday and Sunday: 10:00 to 14:00 and 15:00 to 20:45
July and August (Monday to Friday): 9:00 to 14:30 - Traditional Culture and the Civil War Collection (Polígono de la Cardosa)
Wednesdays (from January onwards): 16:00 to 18:30
Groups +5 people (visits on request)
- Free
How to get here
First Name: Ethnographic and History Museum of Grau/Grado
GPS: 43.388143,-6.068806
Address: C/ Eduardo Sierra, 10 (Palacio de Fontela) ■ 33820 - Grau/Grado