Museo Etnográfico de Oyón-Oion

About the museum

The Museo Etnográfico de Oyón-Oion opened its doors on 22 January 1995 in an adapted room of the former Casa Sindical (trade union house) building. It brings together objects that describe the life, customs, curiosities and anecdotes of the Rioja Alavesa over recent centuries, and even in ancestral times.

The room, of about 220 m², is organised around seven themes: agriculture, livestock, trades such as shoemaking or carpentry, weights and measures, transport, domestic life, with bread-making and household chores, and religious ornaments. In total 297 pieces are displayed; some of the liturgical garments, such as chasubles, dalmatics and copes, were made in Toledo workshops in the 18th century.

In the vestibule is displayed the third Giralda (weathervane) of the Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, a weathervane with a carved wooden head and an iron-sheet body. The museum is visited by appointment arranged with the town council.

Highlights

• 297 pieces on the traditional life of the Rioja Alavesa
• Seven themes: agriculture, livestock, trades, weights and measures, transport, domestic life and religious ornaments
• 18th-century religious ornaments from Toledo workshops
• The third Giralda in the vestibule

Permanent exhibition

• Colección etnográfica de la Rioja Alavesa – Single room with 297 pieces organised into seven themes, from agriculture and trades to domestic life and religious ornaments.

Founded

1995

Operated by

Ayuntamiento de Oyón-Oion

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Free admission.

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Getting there & parking

The museum is on the ground floor of the building at Los Fueros, 6, with entrance from the Plaza de los Fueros.

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