Museum of the Asturian People

Museum of the Asturian People

The Museum of the Asturian People (Asturian: Muséu del Pueblu d'Asturies) is a museum in Gijón, principality of Asturias, Spain. It is an open-air artspace containing Asturian popular art installations, large ethnographic items, and three buildings:

  • Casa de los Valdes: temporary exhibition space
  • Casa de los González de la Vega: site of the International Bagpipe Museum, including a collection of traditional Asturian musical instruments
  • The Asturian Pavilion from the 1992 Universal Exposition of Seville, installed at the museum in 1994



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