The International Bagpipe Museum ( es, Museo internacional de la gaita) is located in

Gijón Gijón () or () is a city and municipality in north-western Spain. It is the largest city and municipality by population in the autonomous community of Asturias. It is located on the coast of the Cantabrian Sea in the Bay of Biscay, in the cent ...

Asturias Asturias (, ; ast, Asturies ), officially the Principality of Asturias ( es, Principado de Asturias; ast, Principáu d'Asturies; Galician-Asturian: ''Principao d'Asturias''), is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in nor ...

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. The museum was founded in 1965, and moved to its current location, integrated in the

Museum of the Asturian People The Museum of the Asturian People (Asturian: Muséu del Pueblu d'Asturies) is a museum in Gijón, Principality of Asturias Asturias (, ; ast, Asturies ), officially the Principality of Asturias ( es, Principado de Asturias; ast, Principá ...

, in 1975. The museum houses a large collection of bagpipes from Spain, and from the remainder of Europe, Africa, and Asia. Additionally, the museum features items related to

Asturian music Northwest Iberian folk music is a traditional highly distinctive folk style, located along Spain's north-west Atlantic coast, mostly Galicia and Asturias, that has some similarities with the neighbouring area of Cantabria. The music is characte ...

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* * Bagpipe museums Museums in Asturias Gijón 1965 establishments in Spain Museums established in 1965 {{asturias-stub

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