Museo de la Música Étnica de Barranda

About the museum

The Museo de la Música Étnica de Barranda houses the collection of the Hispano-Uruguayan ethnomusicologist Carlos Blanco Fadol, made up of nearly 3,500 instruments from 145 countries on five continents. According to the museum's website, Blanco Fadol founded it in 2006 in Barranda, a district (pedanía) of Caravaca de la Cruz, with the Directorate General of Culture and the town council.

The instruments range from the 3rd century BC to the 20th century, and almost all of them can be played. The collection covers the four classic families: chordophones, aerophones, idiophones and membranophones.

Besides this classification, the museum offers thematic displays on the world's religions and on instruments linked to slavery, magic and witchcraft. One section pays tribute to Barranda and its Fiesta de las Cuadrillas.

Highlights

• Nearly 3,500 instruments from 145 countries
• The four families: chordophones, aerophones, idiophones and membranophones
• Instruments dating from the 3rd century BC to the 20th century
• Thematic display on the world's religions, slavery, magic and witchcraft
• Section devoted to the Fiesta de las Cuadrillas of Barranda

Permanent exhibition

• Colección Carlos Blanco Fadol – Instruments from 145 countries classified as chordophones, aerophones, idiophones and membranophones, with thematic displays on religions, slavery, magic and witchcraft.

Founded

2006

Admission & discounts

General admission €3 and reduced admission €2.

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