Museo Riatas

Family ethnographic museum in a former livestock barn in Riatas, with thousands of objects from rural life, farming and cooking in earlier times.

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About the museum

The Museo Riatas is a private initiative of the siblings Gloria and Longino, who have gathered thousands of objects of everyday country life in the village of Riatas, part of the municipality of Sotalbo (Ávila).

The collection is displayed in a former livestock barn. The original mangers have been turned into display cases, so the building itself forms part of the exhibition. Some pieces come from donations by residents and visitors, such as a sugar scale used for sugar sold loose or a milking machine with its bucket.

The founders' aim is for young people, and above all children, to learn how animals were worked and cared for, what the tools of the fields and the vegetable garden were like, and how the casseroles, cooking pots and frying pans used beside the fire were used.

Highlights

Farming implements and tools of the fields and the vegetable garden
Soft drink bottles of various brands, dolls, clothing and antique furniture
Sand-filled heater, winnower and record player
Milking machine with its bucket and scale for loose sugar
Mangers of the former livestock barn turned into display cases

Permanent exhibition

Colección etnográfica de Riatas – Thousands of objects of rural life displayed in the former mangers: farming tools, kitchen utensils, clothing, dolls, furniture and old appliances.