Close to Balmaseda City center, a city that itself deserves a visit you can find a quite weird and interesting Museum, the "Txapela" or Basque Beret Museum.
Inside the same building where berets and other items made with wool were being produced for 100 years, you will find factory items that will show you the way of production in the begining of 20th Century with its pulleys moved at the time only thanks to the movement of the water of the river underneath.
You can find more information about this interesting museum in their website La Encartada Museum
Closed on Mondays.
Of our series Mondays in Museums. Related information: Armory Museum Bullfighting Museum, Balenciaga Museum, Bilbao is not only Guggenheim and Guggenheim Museum.
Inside the same building where berets and other items made with wool were being produced for 100 years, you will find factory items that will show you the way of production in the begining of 20th Century with its pulleys moved at the time only thanks to the movement of the water of the river underneath.
You can find more information about this interesting museum in their website La Encartada Museum
Closed on Mondays.
Of our series Mondays in Museums. Related information: Armory Museum Bullfighting Museum, Balenciaga Museum, Bilbao is not only Guggenheim and Guggenheim Museum.