Museu Etnogràfic de Ripoll

Over het museum

The museum was founded in 1929 as the Archivo Museo Folclórico de Ripoll and was the first in Catalonia devoted to ethnography. Its first home was in the attics of the former church of Sant Pere. The present venue, in the former Budallés house, opened in March 2011 after about ten years of adapting the building.

The museum describes itself as a centre for documentation, study, dissemination and conservation of tangible and intangible ethnological heritage, above all of the Ripollès and the eastern Pyrenees. Its notable holdings include those on shepherds and peasants, crafts, popular religiosity, the Catalan forge and wrought iron, and the portable firearms made in Ripoll.

The permanent exhibition occupies three floors and is organised into twelve areas. The route begins with an audiovisual on the history of the museum, continues with prehistory and a stretch of city wall found during the works, recalls the old museum with its 1932 shepherds' diorama, and then presents farm work, life at home, games, crafts, iron and the firearms of Ripoll. The museum also organises guided visits to the Scriptorium and to the Ripoll air-raid shelter.

Hoogtepunten

• 1932 shepherds' diorama, a reminder of the old museum
• The Catalan forge and ironworking
• Portable firearms made in Ripoll
• Permanent exhibition in twelve thematic areas
• Stretch of city wall found during the building works

Vaste collectie

• Exposición permanente: los doce ámbitos – Tour of Ripoll and the Ripollès, the old museum, work in the fields and at home, religion, games, crafts, wool and hemp, forge and iron, the firearms of Ripoll and present-day society.

Opgericht

1929

Beheerder

Ajuntament de Ripoll

Directie

Eudald Graells i Puig

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Gratis toegang: The last Sunday of each month.

Free admission for children up to 12, teachers, the press, Friends of the Museum, and members of ICOM and the Associació de Museòlegs de Catalunya. With the Carnet Jove (ages 12–30) admission costs €2. Visits to the Scriptorium and the air-raid shelter are booked separately.

Toegankelijkheid

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

The whole permanent exhibition route is wheelchair accessible. A lift with a ramp connects the ground floor with floors 1 and 2, there are portable chairs, doors and corridors at least 80 cm wide and turning spaces of 150 cm. There are two adapted toilets on the ground floor. For people with hearing impairments there is an induction loop, an audio guide in Catalan Sign Language and subtitled audiovisuals. There are easy-read leaflets and an introductory text in braille; there is no permanent tactile route, but with prior notice some objects that can be handled can be provided. One parking space for people with reduced mobility is less than 250 m away, in the Plaza Abat Arnulf.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

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

The museum offers family activities and games (“Busca que trobaràs”, “De las vitrinas a las calles”, “Farga Palau”, “Crea tu historia” and a card game). The ground-floor toilets have a baby-changing table.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel

Museum shop. The museum also has a library and an anoxia chamber for conservation treatments.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

• Ruimtes te huur

The multipurpose room Tomàs Raguer and the temporary exhibition room Agustí Casanova are available for exhibitions and activities related to the museum or to Ripoll; applications must be submitted at least one month in advance.

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