Museo del Cántaro
Municipal museum of folk pottery with cántaros (earthenware pitchers) from Castilla y León and the rest of Spain, the technique of making them, and an archaeology classroom.
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About the museum
The Museo del Cántaro is a project of Valoria la Buena Town Council, supported by the Junta de Castilla y León and the Diputación de Valladolid. It was made possible by Gabriel Calvo and Margarita Martínez, enthusiasts of traditional Spanish pottery, who donated their monographic collection of cántaros. It takes the water pitcher as its starting point for exploring the technique, history and anthropological aspects of pottery.
On the ground floor there are three spaces: a central room devoted to the cántaros of Castilla y León, with the different types and clays of each province; a room on the making process, with a reproduction of a Castilian potter's workshop (alfar) and a cross-section of a Hispano-Arabic kiln; and an interactive room on decoration, repair and bridal cántaros, next to an archaeology classroom. The upper floor brings together cántaros from the rest of the Iberian Peninsula, arranged by type, many of them from potteries that no longer exist.
Highlights
- More than 350 catalogued cántaros, each with an explanatory card
- Central room with the cántaros of each province of Castilla y León
- Reproduction of a Castilian potter's workshop and a Hispano-Arabic kiln in cross-section
- Interactive room on decoration, repair and bridal cántaros
- Upper floor with cántaros from the rest of Spain, many from extinct potteries
Permanent exhibition
- Colección de cántaros – Cántaros from Castilla y León and the rest of the Iberian Peninsula, with rooms on how the pieces are made, decorated and repaired.
- Operated by
- Ayuntamiento de Valoria la Buena
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Free admission according to the Castilla y León tourism portal.
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Getting there & parking
Valoria la Buena is about 23 km from Valladolid (15 to 20 minutes via the N-620 dual carriageway or the Cabezón road) and about 25 km from Palencia, via the Dueñas road.
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | Prior appointment is essential: call +34 983 502 084 or email turismo@valorialabuena.com. |
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