How to visit MUSI Museo Siderurgia Asturias (La Felguera): schedules, prices

One of the attractions of traveling through northern European countries is the possibility of visiting living museums where it shows how people lived in previous centuries.

This is the case, for example, of Sweden, or even of Germany, where you can see museums with country houses completely recovered and decorated with furniture from the period, and even with actors who personify the supposed residents of them.

These museums represent a recovery of cultural heritage and they are very attractive to be visited, but currently the industrial tourism with which old factories become places of cultural activity.

In this regard, do you consider that an ancient steel factory and houses where the workers lived who worked on it, can it be turned into a museum?

History of the La Felguera Steel Plant in Langreo

That is the case of the historical steel factory which in 1857. It was built in La Felguera, and which for just over a century led to the great industrial development of the Langreo area, riding a Asturias.

Currently, after the industrial reconversion of the 80s, the cooling tower of the old factory, now gone, has become a museum, the MUSIC, with the aim of recovering the industrial and cultural heritage of the area of ​​the Nalón Valley in Asturias.

Located next to the coal road and the Langreo Railway that united the nearby coal mines and the port of Gijón, the steel mill built by the Riojan Pedro Duro dedicated itself to producing iron and, later, steel, taking advantage of the nearby natural resources of coal from the mining basin and the water of the Nalon river.

With the beginning of the 20th century, and after the constitution of the company Duro Felguera Metallurgical Society, became the largest steel company in Spain, until that preeminence was replaced in the 40s by the Vizcaya Blast Furnaces.

Finally, in 1984. The old factory was demolished and its steel production moved to the coast, to the factories Ensidesa.

Now it is possible to remember the history of what the steel by Pedro Duro.

At the outset, you should know that the population of La Felguera and the council of Langreo They are the urban development resulting from the installation and industrial boom of the factory.

What to see when visiting the MUSI Steel Museum of Asturias

When you go to visit the MUSI, Asturias Steel Museum, you will see that it is located in a huge cooling tower which was part of the industrial facilities.

During your visit you will be able to see machinery, as well as industrial objects and the daily life of the factory workers, in addition to showing extensive educational information about what the La Felguera steel mill for Asturias.

But, from my point of view, what will possibly attract your attention the most is being able to visit an old workers' house in the Urquijo neighborhood, located next to the old factory site.

Indeed, for visit the Musi, it is advisable to coincide with the start times of the guided tours that are carried out, not only within the museum, but also in the adjacent facilities.

Specifically, for the Urquijo neighborhood, eight housing blocks that were promoted in 1916. for one's own steel company of La Felguera with the purpose of being a residence for qualified workers.

During the guided tour of the Steel Museum of Asturias You can see one of the homes with the furniture and domestic accessories typical of these houses from the 20s.

You can feel the atmosphere and, in a way, imagine the way of life of the steel workers.

With the logical differences, a note similar to what you feel when you visit a living museum in northern European countries.

MUSI Schedules Asturias Steel Museum in La Felguera

The Visiting hours of the Asturias Steel Museum They are, from Tuesday to Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 14 p.m., and from 16 p.m. to 19 p.m., on Sundays, only in the morning, and on Mondays, it is closed.

The museum visit is always carried out through guided tours with different routes.

The ticket prices They range from 1,70 to 5,95 euros, depending on the route and the age of the visitor.