•  Museum Es Baluard Museu d'Art Modern i Contemporani de Palma

    Museum Etnològic de Muro

    Exhibition of traditional products and trades

  •  Museum Es Baluard Museu d'Art Modern i Contemporani de Palma

    Museum Etnològic de Muro

    Exhibition of traditional products and trades

  •  Museum Es Baluard Museu d'Art Modern i Contemporani de Palma

    Museum Etnològic de Muro

    Exhibition of traditional products and trades

Museum Etnològic de Muro

Ethnological section of the Majorca Museum, located in an old house ceded by architect Gabriel Alomar i Esteve (1965). A series of traditional field tools, a collection of traditional pottery and an ancient chemist are displayed within the various rooms.

This is an ethnological section of the Majorca Museum that was transferred in 1965 to an ancient house in the town. It is formed by two buildings that are connected through the farmyard. The first building, which is characteristic of rural nobility, is in Major street: it is the house of the Simó family (17th century), later owned by architect Gabriel Alomar i Esteve, who ceded it so that it could house the museum. 

The bottom floor is a town house with typical household goods: rooms, kitchen and auxiliary rooms, plus the chemist of Antoni Noceras (early 19th century). The top floor, formerly the attic, includes an exhibition of agricultural and field work tools, as well as popular pottery from the 18th-20th century, including a large set of ‘siurells’, painted tiles and nativities.

The farmyard includes a waterwheel that was recovered from Ses Marjals, and some objects related to animal-drawn transport are displayed on the porch. The second building, located in Jesús street, is an example of a popular, and more modest, building. It houses a set of tools and equipment used in traditional trades: blacksmiths, leather workers, cobblers, carpenters, silversmiths and others. These tools were typical of these trades before they were industrialised.

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