Museo de Alfarería «Paco Tito». Memoria de lo Cotidiano

About the museum

The museum was born beside the Tito family's pottery, on Calle Valencia in Úbeda, a traditional street of potters in the San Millán district. It brings together the work of three generations of one family who have worked with clay: from everyday pieces to decorative and artistic ceramics. The Consejería de Cultura of the Junta de Andalucía recognised the workshop as a museum in 2007 under the name “Museo de Alfarería Paco Tito. Memoria de lo Cotidiano”, and since 2014 the pottery has also been a Punto de Interés Artesanal de Andalucía (Andalusian craft interest point).

The route is spread over three floors and twelve rooms of a large old house. It traces how Úbeda pottery developed from domestic objects, such as oil jugs, cooking pots or botijos (clay water jars), to decorative pieces, sculptures and large-format works. In the basement is the workshop, with one of the few kilns of Arab tradition still working in Spain, so that visitors can see how clay is worked.

Among the best-known pieces are the large plates and the vases in the Alhambra style, as well as the collection of figures of Don Quixote and other scenes inspired by the work of Cervantes. Greens, browns and blacks, typical of traditional Úbeda ceramics, predominate.

Highlights

• Workshop in the basement with a kiln of Arab tradition still in use
• Collection of clay Quixotes with scenes from Cervantes' work
• Alhambra-style vases and large-format plates
• Traditional Úbeda pieces: oil jugs, cooking pots and botijos
• Free admission

Permanent exhibitions

• Memoria de lo cotidiano: colección permanente – Route through three floors and twelve rooms on the development of Úbeda pottery, from everyday objects to decorative works, with Alhambra-style vases and the collection of clay Quixotes.
• El alfar en el sótano – Pottery workshop open to visitors, with a kiln of Arab tradition still in operation.

Founded

1994

Operated by

Alfar Pablo Tito

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Admission to the museum is free. Workshops and activities should be enquired about with the museum.

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Getting there & parking

The museum is on Calle Valencia, in the San Millán potters' district, in the historic centre of Úbeda.

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