Igualada Muleteer's Museum facts for kids

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Muleteer's Museum

Museu del Traginer
Established	2005
Location	C/ Traginers, 5 08700, Igualada Catalonia, Spain
Type	Transport, carriages, rural history.

The Igualada Muleteer's Museum - Antoni Ros collection (also known as Museu del Traginer in Catalan language) is a special museum in Igualada, Catalonia, Spain. It shows how people used to transport things long ago, mainly with mules, horses, and other animals.

The museum also explores many different jobs that were connected to these animal transporters. These jobs included carters, coopers (who made barrels), saddlers (who made saddles), tanners (who prepared leather), and farriers (who shod horses). You can also learn about veterinarians, stablehands, woodcutters, and blacksmiths.

The museum has 39 carriages and carts. In total, it displays 2,175 items! Most of these items come from a collection started by Antoni Ros i Vilarrubias (1942–1994). The museum is in an old farmhouse from the 1700s. The Ros family, who were closely linked to the local muleteer association, bought this farmhouse in the 1970s.

The museum is divided into three main parts. These parts cover different jobs, saddles and harnesses, and carts and carriages.

Museum History

Carriages on the museum's upper floor

The "Traginer d'Igualada" foundation was created in 1994. Its main goal was to open the Muleteer's Museum.

The Ros family owned the amazing collection gathered by Antoni Ros i Vilarrubias. They worked with experts to plan the museum. The museum officially opened its doors on September 24, 2005. It then became part of the museum network managed by the Diputació de Barcelona.

What You Can See: The Collection

The museum has over 1,000 square meters of exhibition space. This space is spread out across three floors.

First Floor: Trades and Muleteers

• On the first floor, you'll find a room showing how the muleteer trade changed over time.
• There's also a "Sala dels Oficis" (Room of Trades). This room displays 10 different jobs. These include the carter, cooper, saddler, tanner, wicker weaver, farrier, veterinarian, stablehand, woodcutter, and blacksmith.

Second Floor: Tack and Traditions

• The second floor has a "Sala dels Guarniments" (Room of Harnesses). Here you can see different types of horse tack.
• There's also a "Tres Tombs" room. This room explains a special local tradition involving animals.
• Another room on this floor is the "Sala dels carros de servei i pagesia." It shows carts used for work and farming tools.

Third Floor: Carriages and Antoni Ros

• The third floor features the "Sala dels Carruatges de la Burgesia." This room displays fancy carriages used by wealthy families.
• You'll also find a room dedicated to Antoni Ros. He was the person who started the museum's collection. This room even has some sculptures he created.

See also

In Spanish: Museo del Arriero. Colección Antoni Ros para niños

• Muleteer
• Igualada Leather Museum