Museu Faller, Fallas festival museum in Gandia, Spain.
Museu Faller is a museum in Gandia that displays large papier-mâché sculptures and traditional artworks representing the regional Fallas festival of Valencia. The collection spans multiple exhibition halls and showcases the craftsmanship and artistic details of these temporary art pieces.
The museum functions as a documentation center preserving the history of the Fallas festival, tracing its origins back to medieval carpenter traditions in Valencia. Over the centuries, this craft tradition evolved into a large-scale visual celebration featuring monumental figures.
The rooms feature traditional Valencian music and ninot sculptures that reveal how these monumental figures come to life. Visitors see through multimedia displays the craftsmanship and artistic choices that shape their creation.
The museum opens on weekday mornings through afternoon and again in the evening, with guided tours offered in multiple languages. Visitors should allow enough time to explore all exhibition halls and fully appreciate the large papier-mâché constructions.
Each year the museum salvages selected Fallas sculptures before their traditional burning, preserving these otherwise temporary artworks for future generations. This collection documents the artistic legacy of a celebration that typically does not intend to preserve its creations permanently.
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