Lujan Crafts Shop

Traditional embroidery, Casa Lujan, Puntallana, La Palma

There's a shop of crafts from La Palma beside the museum at Casa Lujan in Puntallana. It sells things like traditional embroidery and ceramics. In the centre of the room, there's a traditional loom, although they didn't have any rugs for sale when I was there.

(Palmeran rugs are made with a linen warp, and rag weft. If you order one, you generally have to prepare the weft yourself. That means cutting the old clothes into strips 1 cm wide and sewing the ends together, and winding it into balls. You need patience.)

Traditional rug weaving, Casa Lujan, Puntallana, La Palma

They also have more modern arts and crafts, like this mobile by Rosa Vidal.

Open Monday-Saturday 10 am- 1 pm and 4 pm - 7 pm
Google map here.

Modern mobile, Casa Lujan, Puntallana, La Palma

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Casa Lujan

Courtyard of Casa Lujan, Puntallana

Casa Lujan is much more fun than you'd expect from the brochures, which describe it as an "ethnographic museum". But it's not a collection of stuff in dusty display cases. It's an 18th century house, with whole rooms restored to show how the comfortably-off lived between about 1920 and 1960. Even better, there are people "living" in the house. And rather than use shop mannequins, the "inhabitants" are giant rag dolls, called mayos because they traditionally make an appearance at Fiesta de la Cruz, in May. So one set of mayos are smoking and playing dominoes in the living room.


Living room of Casa Lujan, Puntallana

While this lady is busy sewing. (I used to have a reconditioned, treadle, Singer sewing machine much like this. I also used to have similar hair and glasses.)


Morning room Casa Lujan, Puntallana

Meanwhile this servant is working in the kitchen


Kitchen of Casa Lujan, Puntallana

In 1919 the local council bought the house to use as a village school until about 1980, and the school room downstairs has been restored too.


The schoolroom, Casa Lujan, Puntallana

It's not just the furniture: they have posters on the walls explaining why you shouldn't go birds'-nesting, notebooks on the desks, and an old set of weights and measures.

Set of measures in the school of Casa Lujan, Puntallana

Open Monday-Saturday 10 am- 1 pm and 4 pm - 7 pm
Google map here. Admission is free, but there's a box for donations in the school room.


School notebook, Casa Lujan, Puntallana

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