L'ETNO, Museu Valencià d'Etnologia

Over het museum

L'ETNO was created in 1982 with the aim of gathering, studying and making known the heritage linked to Valencian popular and traditional culture. It is a museum of the Diputación de València (Provincial Council) and since its beginnings has occupied part of the former Casa de la Beneficencia building in the city centre.

The building was constructed from 1841 to a design by the architect Joaquín María Belda; its church, in neo-Byzantine style, was erected in 1881. A complete restoration, completed in 1995 and directed by Rafael Rivera and Mateo Signes, turned it into the cultural centre that it now shares with the Museo de Prehistoria de Valencia. It is organised over a ground floor and two upper floors around five courtyards.

The collections include objects from the house, the field and the workshop, ephemeral documents, photographs, ethnographic recordings and oral testimonies about Valencian society and its cultural changes. The permanent exhibition offers a critical look at Valencian identity from the end of the pre-industrial world to the present. In 2023 the museum received the European Museum of the Year (EMYA) award.

Hoogtepunten

• Permanent exhibition “No és fàcil ser valencià” with three areas: the city, the huerta and marjal, and the dryland and mountains
• Free admission every day the museum is open
• Historic Casa de la Beneficencia building with five landscaped courtyards
• European Museum of the Year 2023
• Audio guides in Valencian, Spanish and English

Vaste collectie

• No és fàcil ser valencià – Permanent exhibition reflecting on Valencian identity from the end of the pre-industrial world to today, organised in three areas: the city, the huerta and marjal, and the dryland and mountains.

Opgericht

1982

Beheerder

Diputación de València

Directie

Joan Seguí Seguí

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

De toegang is gratis.

Admission to the museum is free. For the Sunday guided tours, a free ticket must be collected in the lobby.

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift
• Aangepast toilet
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: geen informatie
• Hulphonden welkom
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie

The museum has lifts, adapted toilets and free-of-charge wheelchairs. The “Cultura accesible” app presents the permanent exhibition for people with visual and hearing impairments. Only assistance animals (guide dogs) are admitted.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour
• Verschoonruimte

The museum offers workshops for families (the Sunday workshops are temporarily suspended), the “Etnoviaje” booklet for independent visits with children aged 6 to 11, and the game “¿Dónde está ETNO?” in the rooms. There are changing tables in the toilets.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Coach stop in the bus lane on Calle Guillem de Castro, 118, and stop no. 2 of the Bus Turístic in the same place. Valenbisi stations no. 1 (Guillem de Castro with Na Jordana) and no. 82 (Guillem de Castro, Torres de Quart); bicycle parking on Corona, 36.

Service & horeca

• Café
• Museumwinkel
• Garderobe

Café (Tuesday to Friday 8:00–18:00; Saturdays and Sundays 10:00–18:00; closed Mondays) and the La Beneficència shop-bookshop. Free cloakroom and lockers. Eating and drinking are only allowed in the landscaped courtyards; there is a room set up for breastfeeding.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

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