Finding new things to explore at Maria Luisa Park on the way to the museum.The museum is in the Mudejar Pavilion, built in 1914.
The kids watched a video about cork harvesting and another on the production of lime. There were exhibits of different types of traditional Spanish foods before we moved on to the most interesting exhibits for the kids.
Traditional wagon for farming.Different types of yokesEyeing the toys of noble kidsIrons of the olden daysThis guitar maker’s workshop, which made both classical and flamenco guitars. There are still numerous workshops in Seville.Claudio Bernal, the last cooper (barrel maker) to work in Seville donated all the items in his workshop for this exhibit in 1979.Castanet workshop, donated by Filigrana (Manuel Vela Martinez), the most popular castanet maker. Red ebony was most often used.This is a gilder’s workshop, mostly used by the Church to enhance wood decorations. There are still gilders working today, mostly to maintain artefacts used in Holy Week and other Church objects. The tools and techniques are still the same as those used centuries ago.Tanner’s workshop, which no longer exist today. Traditional tanning took a year and a half for a proper finish, and used water, lime, salt, and tannin bark.Goldsmith’s workshop donated by the famous goldsmith Fernando Marmolejo Camargo. The tools and equipment in this workshop were used by his family for over four generations!China painting workshop – this exhibit is a reproduction of one in the Cartuja Monastery.Traditionally, china painting was done by hand (freehand or using stencils). Now, mass production uses engraved prints.This potter’s workshop is characteristic of those from Cortegana, where they usually installed potteries in the kitchen.Blacksmith’s workshop
After the workshops, there was a review of what they learnt at the Centro Ceramica with the ceramics exhibits.
These are heraldic relief tiles, achieved by putting pressure on a mould. These are typically used on graves of nobles. Most of these are coats of arms of different families that conquered Seville with Ferdinand III.These tiles were decorated using the dry-string method, done by outlining the different colours with greasy ink or string so the colours would not run during firing.These majolica tiles are hand painted, just like canvases.Unexplained barrels …Shaving bowl!On the way home from the museum, we found these columns which were constructed in the time of emperor Hadrian for a public building. There are 3 here, and 2 more which were dug up and moved to the Alameda de Hércules.The 3 remaining in their original state are 9 m tall and 4.5 m below the current street level. The bases are made of local marble while the columns are made of Egyptian granite.14 km and the day is not yet done!
