Museo Etnográfico Usatxi de Pipaón
Ethnographic museum of Pipaón, in the Montaña Alavesa, with objects and scenes of rural life from the early 20th century; free visits by prior appointment.
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About the museum
The Museo Etnográfico “Usatxi” is in the Plaza de Pipaón, a village in the Montaña Alavesa that belongs to the municipality of Lagrán. It displays objects, utensils and arrangements that show how the villagers lived at the beginning of the 20th century. Everything it contains was donated by the people of the village.
The exhibition includes farming implements and tools from various trades. The house is recreated with a low-fire kitchen (cocina de fuego bajo), bedrooms with period furniture, bread-making utensils, the larder with provisions from the pig slaughter (matanza), the machinery for making chorizo and other sausages, and the wine skin (pellejo de vino), with figures dressed in the village's traditional costumes. Costumes for traditional dances, dishes used for extreme unction, books and church ornaments, the Arca de la Misericordia (Ark of Mercy) of 1555, and school materials such as the slate board, map, encyclopaedia, measuring vessels and globe are also on display.
The ethnographic day is held on the last Saturday of August, when villagers and the Usatxi Cultural Association represent the life and customs of the early 20th century in period costumes, with traditional tasks such as reaping, threshing, laundry at the wash-house (lavadero), charcoal burning, and making bread and sausages.
Highlights
- Traditional house with low-fire kitchen and pig-slaughter larder
- Ark of Mercy of 1555
- Costumes for the village's traditional dances
- Objects donated by Pipaón's own villagers
- Ethnographic day on the last Saturday of August
Permanent exhibitions
- La vivienda tradicional – Low-fire kitchen, bedrooms with period furniture, bread-making utensils, the pig-slaughter larder and sausage-making machinery.
- Aperos, oficios, escuela e iglesia – Farming implements and tools from various trades, old school materials, books and church ornaments, and the Ark of Mercy of 1555.
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Free visits by prior appointment.
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Getting there & parking
Pipaón is 36 km from Vitoria-Gasteiz along the A-2124 road, which passes the Puerto de Vitoria and Peñacerrada.
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Visits are free and are arranged by telephone (608 395 516). |
