Ethnographic Museum of Grandas de Salime
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Museo Etnográfico de Grandas de Salime | |
| Established | 1984 |
|---|---|
| Location | Grandas de Salime, Asturias, Spain |
| Type | Ethnographic museum |
| Website | Museo de Grandas |
The Grandas de Salime Ethnographic Museum (in Spanish: El Museo Etnográfico de Grandas de Salime) is a museum in Grandas de Salime, Asturias, Spain.[1] It was founded by archaeologist José Naveiras Escanlar, also known as Pepe el Ferreiro, in 1984.[2] It is an open-air museum that displays the traditional, peasant way of life in the region.[2] It is managed by the Ethnographic Museums Network of Asturias (in Spanish: La Red de Museos Etnográficos de Asturias).[3]
The museum's mission is to collect, preserve, maintain, expand, investigate, communicate and disseminate the tangible and intangible heritage of an ethnographic nature from Western Asturias.