Museo de Artes y Costumbres Populares de Jaén

About the museum

The Museo de Artes y Costumbres Populares de Jaén opened on 20 December 1990 in the Palacio de Villardompardo, a 16th-century Renaissance palace built for Fernando Torres y Portugal, Count of Villardompardo and Viceroy of Peru. Today the palace is the Centro Cultural Palacio de Villardompardo, which also houses the Arab Baths and the International Naïve Art Museum.

The museum is spread across a basement, two floors and a storerooms level, and shows the popular ways of life of the province of Jaén before industrialisation. The basement covers vine, olive, cereals and water; the entrance floor displays weights and measures and means of transport; the first floor recreates childhood, the rural house, a bourgeois room, pottery, cordovan leather and guadamecí (embossed leather), and textiles; and the storerooms level presents the pig slaughter, craft workshops and trades, and popular religiosity.

Highlights

• Basement rooms on vine, olive, cereals and water
• Re-creation of a rural house and a bourgeois room
• Cordovan leather, guadamecí, pottery and textiles
• Pig slaughter, workshops and craft trades
• 16th-century Renaissance palace with Arab Baths

Permanent exhibition

• Vida popular en la provincia de Jaén – Route through four levels of the palace on olive, vine, water, the rural house, craft trades, the pig slaughter and popular religiosity.

Founded

1990

Operated by

Diputación Provincial de Jaén

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Admission to the Cultural Centre and its museums is free; advance booking is recommended for the Arab Baths because of their limited capacity.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: no information
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The building is a 16th-century palace with several levels and some staircases; check the access conditions before visiting.

Kids & families

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Getting there & parking

The museum is in Jaén, in the Palacio de Villardompardo (plaza de Santa Luisa de Marillac).

Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

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