Museo Errementari
Blacksmithing museum in Zeberio, with original machinery and a recreated workshop showing the smith's trade in the valley.
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About the museum
The Errementari Museoa was created by the Zeberio town council to conserve and disseminate the ethnographic heritage linked to the blacksmith's trade and the working of iron in the valley. It opened in 2018 in the basement of the former school building in Ermitabarri, now occupied by holiday apartments, in a space of about 120 m².
Over the centuries the blacksmith was essential to life on the Basque farmsteads (caseríos): he made and repaired tools for the fields, for construction and for household tasks. Zeberio once had as many as seven ironworks (ferrerías), active until the mid-19th century, which exported horseshoes, nails and wheel rims to Castile and even to America. After they closed, the forges worked for local demand, and at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th there were nine in the valley. The arrival of electricity and the decline of rural life marked the beginning of the end of this tradition.
The museum pays tribute to this heritage and to José Añibarro Aiesta, the last blacksmith of Zeberio, whose family practised the trade for several generations. With the original machinery and the recreated workshop, it offers a window onto the past of this trade.
Highlights
- Original machinery from the forge of Zeberio's last blacksmith
- Recreation of a blacksmith's workshop
- History of the ironworks and forges of the Zeberio valley
- Tribute to José Añibarro Aiesta
Permanent exhibition
- El taller del herrero – Original machinery and a recreated blacksmith's workshop, showing the importance of the trade and of working iron in the Zeberio valley.
- Founded
- 2018
- Operated by
- Ayuntamiento de Zeberio
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Getting there & parking
The museum is in the basement of the former school building in Ermitabarri, which it shares with holiday apartments and the neighbourhood's fronton (pelota court).
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | To visit the museum, an appointment must be requested from Zeberio town council. Guided tours are occasionally organised, for example as part of the European Heritage Days (Jornadas Europeas del Patrimonio). |
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