Museum

O Muíño de Pena is home to an ethnographic museum, which gives the house its own character by bringing together the essence of its past. It also gives the council of O Pino its first and only museum.

Within the museum over eighty pieces are exhibited, representing the different trades performed when the house was a traditional work centre.

In the entrance are the mills. One was used to grind corn and the other for wheat. During restoration the stones of one of the mills have been left visible in order to better understand how it worked.

On the landing are various objects: a collection of very old stones found during the restoration of the place, a Vietnamese rice mill; the old instruments used to measure grain (ferrados) and even Roman scales.

In the basement there is a mill wheel in perfect condition. On descending the small step we can see the axis which provided the force necessary for it to function. It worked in the following way: thanks to the waterfall, a turbine moved a primary axis, located where the mobile wheel now sits. The aforementioned axis set off the main one through a wide belt to which various pulleys were fixed. To these more belts were attached: some connected to the mills and others to the saw and the sanding machine, which were on a higher floor destined for carpentry tasks. The original saw remains, which is approximately 140 years old. Around it are various tools used to make linen, a task which was carried out over time through a fulling mill installed in the small meander in the river.

Finally, in a display case on the wall is a collection of tools used in the past for ironwork and woodwork.

If you would like more information about the working of the various mechanisms, or to consult old documents relating to the house, please do not hesitate to let the staff know, who would be delighted to answer any doubts or question.