Iron and Steel Museum

As a witness of its long activity, an interesting ensemble is preserved in La Felguera. Here, one of most outstanding buildings is the old cooling tower of the factory, where the Iron and Steel Museum of Asturias is housed nowadays.

Inside, visitors are able to learn about the history of the Duro Felguera factory and also about the Asturian industrialization process. Coal, abundant in the area and a fundamental raw material used in the iron and steel industry, becomes the central element of a story told through panels, models and collections in which different documents, clothing and original tools are exhibited.

The exterior tours offered by the museum allow visitors to learn about the urban development of La Felguera and its growth at a pace set by the factory. This includes relevant examples of workers' housing, school, welfare, religious or leisure buildings, created as a result of the intense construction activity of the company.

Likewise, there’s a recreation of a workers' house in Barrio Urquijo, one of the most interesting facilities designed by the Asturian architect Enrique Rodríguez Bustelo (Noreña, 1885 - Oviedo, 1983). As a complement to the contents offered in the museum itself, here visitors are able to discover the life of a worker outside his working environment.

Mónica García Cuetos