5/5 Michael W. 9 months ago on Google • 22 reviews
Fascinating,
and
wonderfully
bonkers
place.
We're
led
to
understand
that
Valencia's
Ethnology
Museum
is
a
fairly
concise
journey
through
the
mindset
of
the
average
local
over
the
ages.
Presented
in
an
ultra-modern
series
of
settings
that
play
out
like
a
Willy
Wonka
fever
dream,
this
certainly
makes
the
mind
boggle.
I'm
all
for
a
learning
space
that
engenders
introspection,
and
upends
the
dynamic
of
the
museum
visitor
as
being
merely
a
voyeur
of
carefully
curated
specimens.
Far
from
it,
this
place
makes
you
question
the
very
meaning
of
human
existence
and
creativity
at
every
turn.
So
I
say
Hurrah,
as
isn't
that
what
Ethnology's
really
all
about?
The
museum
seems
to
be
either
completely
free
to
enter
(it
was
for
me,
on
a
Friday
in
July)
or
a
token
€2,
which
is
easily
worth
it.
The
museum
shares
a
building,
and
various
entry
points,
with
its
neighbour,
the
Prehistory
museum
(same
ticket).
You'll
know
at
any
point
in
the
visit
which
of
the
two
spaces
you're
occupying,
as
its
neighbour
is
far
more
stoic,
but
equally
worth
a
walk
around.