Museo de la Campana de Meruelo

About the museum

The Museo de la Campana grew out of the wish of a group of enthusiasts of the bell-making tradition, which is deeply rooted in the former Junta de Siete Villas, who met at the Centro Cultural de las Campanas de Meruelo. With the support of the town council and the enthusiasm of the craftsman Abel Portilla, from a long family of bell-founders, it was inaugurated on 16 August 2003.

It is located in the former schools of San Mamés, opposite the church, in a spacious space accessible to people with reduced mobility. The visit, of a little over half an hour, begins with the complete process of casting a bell: the layouts, the moulds and the raw materials, such as clay, copper and tin, presented in wooden modules with explanatory panels, alongside the working tools.

Then the visit moves on to the collection: large bells hung from a metal frame, small bells and smaller pieces donated by the workshops of Abel and Marcos Portilla, as well as tools for making moulds, such as terrajas (profile templates) and regletas (strips), a furnace and decorative elements. The museum also serves as an open space for future researchers of a tradition that is still alive.

Highlights

• Full process of casting a bell: layouts, moulds and raw materials
• Large bells hung from a metal frame, and small bells
• Tools for making moulds and a furnace
• Abel Portilla collection
• Space accessible to people with reduced mobility

Permanent exhibition

• Museo de la Campana – Colección Abel Portilla – Tour of the bell-casting process and of a collection of large and small bells, with the tools and moulds used to make them.

Founded

2003

Admission & discounts

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Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
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• Accessible restroom: no information
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• 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 museum occupies a spacious space accessible to people with reduced mobility.

Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

The museum is in the former schools of San Mamés, opposite the church.

Amenities & dining

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