Museo y Casa-Taller Herminio Revilla
Museum and workshop house of the woodcarver Herminio Revilla in Villabellaco, with wooden carvings, moving scale models and old radios from the Montaña Palentina.
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About the museum
The museum grew out of the passion of Herminio Revilla, a woodcarver and radio and television technician, who began gathering his work in the basement of the family home and later in a family shop in Aguilar de Campoo. Between 2001 and 2013 the collection was housed in Barruelo de Santullán, and on 28 July 2013 it opened to the public in Villabellaco, the author’s home village, within his own workshop house.
The exhibition brings together more than six hundred carvings made from local hardwoods such as oak, ash, walnut and maple, which depict rural life, tools, characters and everyday scenes of the Santullán and Campoo valleys. It is complemented by moving models of traditional trades and activities, many now disappeared, such as a mill, a fulling mill and a trip hammer, and by a collection of old radios that still work and are maintained by the founder himself.
The centre is part of the Red Museística de Castilla y León as a cultural heritage interpretation centre and is organised into three rooms. Since 2025 it has been supported by the Fundación Museo Casa-Taller Herminio Revilla, established on 1 September of that year. The Senda del Escultor Ursi, a route of about 13 km, begins beside the museum.
Highlights
- More than 600 wooden carvings of rural life in the Montaña Palentina
- Moving models of traditional trades: mill, fulling mill and trip hammer
- Collection of old radios that still work
- Visit to the author’s own workshop house
- Start of the Senda del Escultor Ursi beside the museum
Permanent exhibitions
- Tallas en madera de la Montaña Palentina – More than six hundred carved pieces in local woods showing rural life, tools and characters of the Santullán and Campoo valleys.
- Maquetas móviles de oficios tradicionales – Scale models with moving mills, fulling mills and trip hammers, among other trades and activities that have now disappeared.
- Colección de radios antiguas – Radios from earlier times that still work, together with other electronic devices maintained by the founder.
- Operated by
- Fundación Museo Casa-Taller Herminio Revilla
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €5 |
|---|---|
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 12 · With “family” admission, children up to age 12 enter free. |
| Groups | €3 per personArranged groups (schools, associations, etc.). |
| Families | €5“Family” admission: €5 per adult; children free up to age 12. |
Individual admission: €5 per person. Arranged groups (schools, associations, etc.): €3 per person. “Family” admission: €5 per adult, with children free up to age 12.
Accessibility
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Kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 12 |
|---|---|
| Family ticket | €5 · “Family” admission: €5 per adult; children free up to age 12. |
- Family tours & workshops
Special “family” rate; children up to age 12 do not pay. The regional directory mentions a workshop area.
Getting there & parking
From Aguilar de Campoo take the P-220 road through Porquera de Santullán; shortly before Barruelo, turn left onto the P-2125. There are tourist signs from Aguilar de Campoo. The Senda del Escultor Ursi begins beside the museum.
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Visits are arranged by phone. The museum offers information letters for schools and senior centres. |
