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Ethnological Museum

Diputación de Málaga
Museo etnográfico, Riogordo. Axarquía

Ethnological Museum

This is a very interesting museum that has successfully selected and exhibited some of the most characteristic ancient tools, utensils and objects that were once part of the inhabitants daily lives. Futhermore, what were once just ruins of some old oil and wine mills have been restored as well as a large grape-tredding basin.

On top of this, divided up onto the buildings two floors, visitors can also see other manufacturing machinery that was used before and which have been recuperated and donated to the museum.

Another element of the museum that is really worth seeing is the exhibition halls on the second floor, in which contemporary artists exhibit their work all year round in rotating temporary exhibitions.

This is a detailed description of the contents;

the building’s reception desk is on the GROUND FLOORas is a courtyard that takes visitors into what was once a busy oil press, and from there into the exhibition hall of the famous “El Paso” (Easter week reenactment of the passion of Christ). There are also some wine cellars with earthenware jars that date back to the XVIIth century, another wine cellar from the XIXth century and a wine-tredding place, a wine tasting room, a kitchen, a flour-grinding stone (all from the XIXth century) and a courtyard with a central fountain and water well.

On the FIRST FLOOR visitors can visit the exhibition room that we already mentioned, and also a small chapel dedicated to religious objects from the village’s famous “El Paso” theatrical representation, another flour-grinding stone and sleeping quarters from the XIXth century.

 

OTHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

According to official information, there is no entrance fee and the it is open on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and bank holidays from 11 h. to 14 h. and from 17 h. to 20 h.

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