Museo Histórico Etnológico de Mijas
House museum in Mijas's former town hall, with farm implements, an olive mill, a winery, a bakery and a replica of the room of El Topo de Mijas.
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About the museum
The Casa Museo de la Villa was created on the initiative of the Culture Department of Mijas Town Council during 1994 and 1995, and opened in June 1995 in the former town hall building on the Plaza de la Libertad. Its aim was to preserve the historical and ethnographic past of a predominantly agricultural village that changed radically with the tourist development of the Costa del Sol from the 1960s onwards.
Since then the contents have been expanded: in 1997 a room devoted to traditional baking was created (the Horno de la Villa), in 1999 the olive oil (mills) and wine (cellar) spaces were opened, and in the same year the exhibition was reorganised into the Sala Campo and the Sala Sierra.
The museum is local in scope and its contents focus on farm work, crafts and the processing of products in Mijas: ploughing, fishing, lime production, the use of esparto grass, honey, marble quarries, oil and wine. It also includes a replica of the room where Manuel Cortés Quero, known as El Topo de Mijas, was hidden for thirty years.
Highlights
- Sala Campo and Sala Sierra with farm tools and traditional trades
- Olive mills, winery, bakery, carpentry and loom
- Traditional country house
- Replica of the room of Manuel Cortés Quero, El Topo de Mijas
- Housed in the former town hall of Mijas
Permanent exhibitions
- Sala Campo y Sala Sierra – Rooms on work in the fields and the sierra of Mijas, with farming and fishing tools and the trades linked to lime, esparto and honey.
- Molinos de aceite, bodega, panadería, carpintería y telar – Spaces devoted to the processing of products and to the village's traditional crafts, as well as a traditional country house.
- Sala Manuel Cortés Quero – Replica of the room where Manuel Cortés Quero, El Topo de Mijas, was hidden for thirty years.
- Founded
- 1995
- Operated by
- Ayuntamiento de Mijas
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €1 |
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Getting there & parking
The museum is on the Plaza de la Libertad, in the former town hall building of Mijas.
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | As well as the permanent rooms, the museum has a projection room, another room for temporary art exhibitions and a courtyard where flamenco concerts are held in summer. |
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