Museu Etnològic del Montseny

About the museum

The museum occupies La Gabella, a manor house with a square plan and a hipped roof, documented since the 17th century. It was a store for basic goods, the town's inn in the 18th century and the home of the Pagès family at the end of the 19th century, and it was abandoned at the start of the Civil War. Arbúcies town council bought the building in 1970 and from 1979 began to give it a cultural use.

That year the Recerques group was formed, which recovered local heritage and history and gathered the ethnological, photographic and oral material of the Montseny that forms the basis of the present collections. In 1983 the Fundación Pública Museo Municipal de Arbúcies was created; the first phase of the museum opened in May 1985 and the second two years later.

Today the museum is a centre for exhibition, conservation, dissemination and research of the cultural heritage of the Montseny, in a restored building of 1,800 m². Its permanent rooms show the material evidence of the communities that have settled in the massif; the virtual visit covers the first settlers, traditional society and industrialisation. It also offers itineraries, workshops and guided visits.

Highlights

• 17th-century manor house with 1,800 m² restored
• Rooms on the first settlers, traditional society and the industrialisation of the Montseny
• Ethnological, photographic and oral collections gathered since 1979
• Itineraries and guided visits through the Montseny massif

Permanent exhibition

• Exposición permanente sobre el patrimonio cultural del Montseny – The permanent rooms show the material evidence of the communities that have settled in the Montseny massif throughout its history.

Founded

1985

Operated by

Ajuntament d'Arbúcies

Admission & discounts

The Club Super3 card gives free admission (maximum four per adult). Group activities for at least 20 people on weekdays cost €8 (full day) or €6 (half day).

Accessibility

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Kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

There is a fixed offer of activities for adult and family groups, and proposals scheduled throughout the year for families and small groups.

Getting there & parking

The museum is in the centre of Arbúcies (calle Major, 6). It can be reached by private car or by bus.

Amenities & dining

The building also houses an assembly hall, temporary exhibition rooms, an information point of the Montseny Natural Park and the park's documentation centre.

Events & venue rental

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