Museo Evaristo Valle

About the museum

The Museo Evaristo Valle was founded in 1981 as a cultural foundation thanks to the bequest of María Rodríguez del Valle, niece of the painter Evaristo Valle. After the artist's death in 1951, she preserved his works, personal belongings and documents, and endowed the foundation with funds and with her residence in Somió, made up of two buildings.

One of them was built specifically for the museum in 1971; the other is a late 19th-century mansion, remodelled in 1942 and later adapted as a museum space. In 2017 the buildings and the works were declared Bien de Interés Cultural (a Spanish heritage designation) in the category of monument.

The permanent collection brings together more than two hundred paintings and drawings by the artist, most of which he kept until his death, and six rooms show a selection that illustrates his role in introducing avant-garde painting to Asturias at the beginning of the twentieth century. The route covers his time in Paris, the Asturian landscapes of the 1910s, rural, seafaring and mining scenes, carnival, the Cuban series of 1929 and the late works of the 1940s. The museum also includes a reconstruction of his studio and a collection of shells inherited from his father.

The gardens, of more than 16,000 m² in French and English styles, contain some 120 species of trees and shrubs, more than twenty sculptures, a bird-watching area and the bonsai space from the donation of Rolf Beyebach.

Highlights

• More than two hundred paintings and drawings by Evaristo Valle, in six exhibition rooms
• Cuban series of 1929 and scenes of carnival and Asturian life
• Reconstruction of the painter's studio and shell collection
• Historic garden of more than 16,000 m² with a sculpture park
• Bonsai space from the donation of Rolf Beyebach
• Nineteenth-century mansion and 1971 building, both declared Bien de Interés Cultural

Permanent exhibitions

• Evaristo Valle, fondos del museo – Selection across six rooms of the artist's paintings and drawings, tracing his stages from Paris to his late works.
• Jardín histórico y parque escultórico – Garden of more than 16,000 m² with some 120 species of trees and shrubs and more than twenty sculptures.
• Espacio Bonsái. Donación Rolf Beyebach – Collection of bonsai donated by Rolf Beyebach and displayed in a dedicated space in the museum.

Founded

1981

Operated by

Fundación Museo Evaristo Valle

Admission & discounts

Free admission: Tuesdays; Friends of the Museum also enter free.

Educational programmes cost from €3.

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Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

The museum organises “Los findes al museo” (The Museum at the Weekend), with weekend activities, and a school programme for the 2026–2027 academic year. Accompanied under-12s enter free.

Getting there & parking

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