Animal drovers museum - Antoni Ros Collection ( cat. Museu del Traginer - Col·lecció Antoni Ros ; Spanish Museo del Arriero. Colección Antoni Ros ) is a museum in Igualada ( Catalonia ). The purpose of the exhibition is to show the craft of the animal driver, the development of horse-drawn transport and professions close to it, such as the saddler, the cooper and the cab driver. The museum has 2,175 exhibits, including 39 carts and carts. They mainly come from the collection created by Antoni Ros and Vilarubias (Antoni Ros i Vilarrubias, 1942–1994). [1] The museum is located in the building of the XVIII century , which since the 1970s is the property of the Ros family, and was previously closely associated with the Old Guild of drovers of the city of Igualada.
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History
Prior to the creation of the museum, there was the Igualada Drivers Foundation, founded in 1994 with the aim of preparing exhibits for museification. The Ros family, as the owner of the collection, which was initiated by Antonio Ros, and the person in charge of the Drivers Foundation, contacted a group of professionals who prepared the museum project. [2] The museum opened its doors on September 24, 2005 , and joined the Network of Local Museums of the Council of Deputies of Barcelona . [3]
Collection
The museum has about 1000 m² of exhibition, located on three floors:
- On the ground floor there is the history hall of the driver and craft hall, where various professions are represented: cab drivers, saddlemen, tanners , blacksmiths , veterinarians , weavers, grooms and woodcutters .
- On the second floor there is a harness hall, a fiesta hall los Tres Tombs and a hall of service and peasant carts.
- On the third floor there is a hall for the crews of the bourgeoisie and a hall dedicated to the founder of the Museum, Antonio Ros, where his sculpture is exhibited.
Among the exhibits stands out the coach of the Sicilian Baroque era, which has great historical significance. The museum offers guided tours by reservation from Tuesday to Sunday. [four]
Notes
- ↑ Jordi Vilalta i Areñas. El Museu del Traginer - Colólecció Antoni Ros: Un projecte museològic integratiu (catalan.) // Revista d'Etnologia de Catalunya: journal. - Barcelona, 2006. - Num. 28 - P. 152-154 . (catalan)
- ↑ VVAA. Museus i Centers de Patrimoni Cultural a Catalunya. - Barcelona: Departament de Cultura de la Generalitat de Catalunya, 2010. - P. 69. (Catalan.)
- Ich Ficha del Museo de la Locos de Museos Locales (catalan.) . diba.es. The appeal date is March 2, 2012.
- ↑ Museu del Traginer a Igualada. Col·lecció Antoni Ros (catalan.) . festacatalunya. The appeal date is August 10, 2016.