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Welcome to the Cork Museum
You will discover an entire socioeconomic system linked to the extraction, transformation and marketing of cork. An industrial model that entailed social and cultural patterns that promoted the area and led it to capitalism. More than 3.500 objects that form a technological, ethnographic, historical and artistic collection that is the mirror of a territory and its evolution and transformation.
Permanent exhibition
La cork ecology. What is cork? What are their characteristics? How and when is it obtained? Especially interesting is the film from the 1920s, a faithful testimony of the impact of this industry in the town.
The transformation of cork. A monograph on the long process of artisanal manufacture of cork stoppers and the effects of the introduction of machines in this industry.
The magic Tree. Cork altarpieces and sculptures by the masters Joaquim Vicens Gironella, Franí§ois Pous and Roger Conchillo.
Coral La Tapónera. Enjoy auditions and the famous cork banner of this choir, founded in 1859.
Take advantage of guided tours. They will allow you to deepen your knowledge and are also included in the ticket price.
Complementary activities
urban route Quercus suber
Let yourself be transported to the town of Palafrugell at the end of the 3th century, beginning of the XNUMXth century. Travel to the golden age of cork and relive those times through an itinerary through the town, accompanied by a guide and the support of an MPXNUMX audio guide with extensive visual references.
Visit program:
- Start. Lunch of bread with tomato and sausage at the Fraternal Center.
- Visit to the center's library and audiovisual projection.
- Visit to Hostal Plaja, an old manor house.
- Climb the Armstrong tower, declared a cultural asset of national interest in 2000.
- Free entry to the Cork Museum.
Features:
- Approximate duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes.
- Departures: every Wednesday at 10 a.m. You must buy the ticket before 17 p.m. the day before at the Cork Museum or at the Palafrugell tourist offices. Other schedules available for groups by prior arrangement.
- Price: 10 euros adults and 5 euros children.
Guided itinerary: Women of Cork
Guided itinerary through the streets of Palafrugell in which the history of working women during the first quarter of the 10th century is explained. Through this itinerary we will learn about their employment situation and the causes of their massive incorporation into the world of work: from 50% it went to more than XNUMX%. In short, we will review the social changes that caused this turn in the strongly paternalistic society of the early XNUMXth century.
Features:
- Meeting point: Can Mario de Palafrugell square.
- Schedule: during the summer period, visits will take place on July 10, August 14 and September 11 at 10 a.m. Consult the schedules for the rest of the year by calling 972 307 825.
- Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes.
- Price: 10 euros per person.
Monumental complex of Sant Sebastiá de la Guarda
En Llafranc, you have the opportunity to discover a cultural and landscape complex made up of a watchtower dating back to the year 1445, an Iberian town occupied between the XNUMXth and XNUMXnd centuries BC, a hermitage from the XNUMXth century, an inn and a lighthouse. The outing includes a visit to the interior of the tower, access to an interior exhibition of old photographs of the Costa Brava, access to the terrace and the possibility of observing the magnificent landscape.
Price: 1 euro per person.
Hours: from June 15 to August 30, Monday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 13.30:17 p.m. and from 20.30 p.m. to 972:307 p.m. Consult the schedules for the rest of the year by calling 825 XNUMX XNUMX.
Schedule
- Summer hours (June 15 to September 15). Every day from 10 a.m. to 13.30:17 p.m. and from 20.30 p.m. to XNUMX:XNUMX p.m.
- Winter hours (from September 16 to June 14). From Tuesday to Saturday from 17 p.m. to 20 p.m. Sundays and holidays from 10.30:13.30 a.m. to XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. Closed Monday.
Check out our section Bus to know how to get there.
