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Casa de la Memoria de Isaba

Ethnographic museum in Isaba on the life, crafts and traditions of the Roncal valley, in a three-storey building.

Temporarily closed

Temporarily closed. The Roncal valley website states that the museum is temporarily closed and refers enquiries to the Isaba town council.

About the museum

The Casa de la Memoria de Isaba (Izaba) is an ethnographic museum of the Roncal valley in the Navarrese Pyrenees. It was founded to preserve, promote and enliven the heritage of the Roncal valleys and to explain Roncalese identity, shaped by life in a harsh environment. It is part of a cross-border heritage project with Arette, in the Baretous valley.

The museum is spread over three floors and combines panels, interactive media and videos. It covers livestock farming and herding, domestic life and leisure, the golondrinas (seasonal workers who migrated each year) and the importance of the almadía (log raft) in Navarre. Traditional Roncalese costumes can also be seen, and visitors can learn a few words of uskara, the Basque variety spoken in the valley.

According to official sources of the valley and the town council, the museum is listed as temporarily closed. To find out whether it is open, the Isaba town council should be consulted.

Highlights

Ethnographic museum of the Roncal valley over three floors
Panels, interactive media and videos on herding, domestic life and leisure
The golondrinas (seasonal workers) and the almadía (log raft) in Navarre
Traditional Roncalese costumes
Introduction to uskara, the language of the valley

Permanent exhibition

Exposición permanente sobre el valle de Roncal – Three floors on herding, domestic life, leisure, the golondrinas and the almadía, with panels, videos, interactive media and Roncalese costumes.