Igualada Leather Museum and County Museum of Anoia
The Igualada Leather Museum and County Museum of Anoia is housed in two buildings of great symbolic value for Igualada’s industrial history, mainly based on the manufacture of wool and leather:
Cal Boyer was built to meet the demands of the burgeoning local cotton industry at the end of the 19th century and was the second building of this type to be constructed in the city, improving on the older factory of the company La Igualadina Cotonera. Built in 1897, the two-storey factory had a rectangular floor plan. It was supported by two rows of cast iron columns on the ground floor, by the walls themselves and by a truss structure on the upper floor. A second building was added between 1910 and 1920.
The old tannery of Cal Granotes is a two-storey pre-industrial building located right next to the Igualada irrigation channel where the traditional vegetable tanning of large hides (ox and cow, etc.) was carried out, mostly for the production of shoe soles. Cal Granotes began to operate as a tannery before 1763. The original tanning pits have been preserved in this stone and mortar building. The ground floor is where the preparation and tanning of the hides took place, while the upper floor was used for drying and finishing the leather.
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c/ Dr. Joan Mercader
08700
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Leather Museum (Cal Boyer Building)
From Tuesday to Friday: From 10 to 14 h
Thursday and Friday afternoons: From 16 to 18.30 h (temporary exhibitions until 20 h) / July and August closed.
Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays: From 11 to 14 h
Cal Granotes Tannery (Starting point: Cal BoyerBuilding)
From Tuesday to Sunday and Public Holidays: From 12 to 14 h
Thursday and Friday afternoons: From 17 to 18.30 h / July and August closed
Closed on the following days
Every Monday; 1st, 5th (afternoon) and 6th of January; Easter Tuesday; 24th, 25th, 26th and 31st of December.
The Festival House remains closed throughout August.
Price per person. Unguided visits to the Leather Museum and the Cal Granotes Tannery.
Single admission
3.80 €
Reduced rate admission
1.85 €
Youngsters from 12 to 16 years, student’s card, young person’s card, families of 3 or more children, pensioners, unemployed and members of the Club Xarxa Turisme Industrial de Catalunya.
Free admission
Children up to 12 years, teachers, members of the ICOM and members of the Associació de Museòlegs de Catalunya.
FGC combined rail ticket. Includes return train journey to Igualada, return coach service to the museums and admission to the Leather Museum and the Muleteers’ Museum.
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