A Limia, a district of Ourense

Museums and interpretation centres of A Limia

The museums and cultural centres of A Limia: the Museo Galego do Entroido in Xinzo, the Museo Etnográfico da Limia in Vilar de Santos, the Nelson Zumel Museum in Baltar, the Couto Mixto centre and the municipal libraries.

Main museums: Museo Galego do Entroido, Museo Etnográfico da Limia and Nelson Zumel Museum
Libraries: Antelana (Xinzo), Vilar de Barrio and Rairiz de Veiga
Centres: Couto Mixto (Calvos de Randín)

A Limia has few museums, but they are closely tied to the comarca’s identity: the Entroido, traditional life and painting. This page is the index of those with their own page and of those known only from a reference ^[1]^[2].

Museums with a page

Museo Galego do Entroido (MUGAE): the former Praza de Abastos of Xinzo, with exhibitions on the Entroido and on Carlos Casares.
Museo Etnográfico da Limia: the rectory of Vilar de Santos, with linen, the Castro-culture earring and the Biblioteca da Limia.
The rooms, the Board and the Biblioteca da Limia: seven rooms, Limiar, Conversas na Taberna, gaseosas and the Arracada.
The Museo da Limia between 2016 and 2023: a chronology of twenty years in the rectory, the Advisory Council, Conversas na Taberna, the Library and Lethes.
Pedra Alta Prize: all the editions (2017-2025).
Antón Tovar Literary Competition: called by the Board since 2024.
Exhibitions and activities of the Museum.
A Pedra Alta, the menhir that gives the prize its name.

Other cultural sites

Nelson Zumel Museum (Baltar): linked to the painter, collector and art dealer Nelson Zumel, born in Xinzo in 1920; see Writers, artists and scholars of A Limia. The comarca website’s archive only records its name and a contact.
Couto Mixto Interpretation Centre (Santiago de Rubiás, Calvos de Randín): recalls the historic "republic" of the Couto Mixto. See History of A Limia.
Antelana Municipal Public Library of Xinzo de Limia, which began in 1954 according to the blog Historia de Xinzo; Vilar de Barrio municipal public library; Rairiz de Veiga municipal reading agency.

How they are organised

A Limia mixes municipal museums (such as the MUGAE, now run by the Ourense Provincial Council), associations (the Board of the Museo da Limia) and public libraries. Opening hours change frequently, so it is advisable to check the museum’s website or phone before visiting.

FAQ

Where is the Entroido Museum?

In the former Praza de Abastos of Xinzo de Limia; it opened in 2015, closed in 2017 and reopened in February 2019 under the management of the Ourense Provincial Council ^[1].

Where is the Museo Etnográfico da Limia?

In Vilar de Santos, in the former 18th-century rectory, which was a pilgrims’ hospital of the Order of Santiago ^[2].