Museu del Traginer

About the museum

The Museu del Traginer, also called the Colección Antoni Ros, is devoted to the traginers, the carriers with draught animals who for centuries linked farmhouses, villages and cities across Catalonia and exchanged goods and information. With the Industrial Revolution the horse was replaced by the motor vehicle and the figure of the traginer was transformed into that of the modern haulier, although its legacy lives on in the Tres Tombs festival.

The museum holds the collection assembled by Antoni Ros, made up of tools, utensils, carts, carriages, saddles and harnesses related to the transport trades in modern Catalonia, as well as sculptures by Ros himself. A foundation set up by the Ros family protects and promotes these holdings and researches the identity features that the traginer's trade represents in the Anoia region and across Catalonia.

The route is spread over three floors: the ground floor deals with the trades and the evolution of the roads; the first floor brings together harnesses and carts of all kinds; and the second floor has twelve carriages and the hall devoted to the work of Antoni Ros. The foundation has also made accessibility a special priority and has signed an agreement with the ONCE (Spain's national organisation for the blind) to facilitate visits by blind and partially sighted people.

Highlights

• Carriage room with twelve vehicles, including a berlina, an omnibus and a funeral carriage
• Cart room with farm carts, wine carts and cargo carts
• Harnesses, including a set for nine horses
• Audiovisual on Igualada's Tres Tombs in 1961
• Sculptures by Antoni Ros and tactile models for blind visitors

Permanent exhibition

• Colección Antoni Ros – Carts, carriages, harnesses and tools of the transport trades in modern Catalonia, spread over three floors, together with the sculptural work of Antoni Ros.

Founded

2005

Operated by

Fundació del Traginer

Admission & discounts

Guided tours last about one hour; the website does not publish their price.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

Museum with a lift and ramps, Braille information, and models of carts and carriages at an ergonomic scale so that blind or partially sighted people can complete the visit by touch. Collaboration agreement with the ONCE.

Kids & families

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Getting there & parking

By car, along the A2 motorway (Barcelona–Lleida).

Amenities & dining

• Restaurant

The museum has its own restaurant.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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