Museo del Pueblo Gallego — Attraction in Santiago de Compostela

Unfortunately, the museum doesn't really seem to make an effort to bring the Galician culture closer to non-galician people. Else, I couldn't explain why all the writing in the museum is exclusively in Gallego and not even in Spanish or English for tourist visitors. As a result, the museum seems unstructured, or the structure is never really explained to the visitor (at least international ones). The audio guide in different languages doesn't replace the lack of information. All in all, I was very bored as a result and wouldn't recommend unless you speak Gallego.

Replying to your answer below: Obviously I am not saying that the exhibition shouldn't be in Galician language. What I am explaining above is that in order to make the museum more accessible to people who don't speak Galician, you should include English or Spanish descriptions aside from Galician, or at least an easy way for non-Galician people to understand the descriptions. As it is now, I don't think people who don't speak Galician are taking away much from the exhibition.

Actually, seeing how rude and patronising the responses from the Museum owners are to some of the other guests providing constructive criticism in their reviews, I definitely wouldn't...

A bittersweet sensation with this museum.

On one side I find the ethnographic information about Galician culture excellent (many pictures, dioramas and tools, really pretty to stare at). The format of the exposition is quiet old fashioned but that is no something bad per se for me. Keep in mind that this is not an history museum. Also the building is quite nice, a bit like a labyrinth, but with great charm.

On the other side, as stated before, the fact that the exposition is only in Galician takes away many information for those that don't speak it. I get that the language is fundamental to the Galician culture and must be promoted and preserved but having these kind of museums that reach primarily to people that supposedly already know the nuances of the culture a bit wasteful. As many other museums it would benefit having Spanish and English translations on the panels. We were informed that there is a mobile app with translation but it's not currently working if you have Android. As a Spanish speaking person you can get by more or less but it is not a pleasant experience not knowing if you have understood the text correctly.

That is my humbly opinion. Nevertheless I did not...

Very disappointing museum in many respects: unclear structure, old-fashioned museum curation which presents a very homogenous and non-diverse view of Galician culture, does a poor job in promoting the anthropological or ethnographic aspects of Galician culture to anyone who doesn't speak Gallego, and unfriendly staff who seem completely unreceptive to constructive criticism.

I completely agree that having the Gallego language as the main language of the exhibition is important for the protection of Galician cultural heritage, but I think that if you really want to promote your culture to people from all parts of the world it would massively benefit from having Spanish and English translations on the walls, at a minimum. The app that was created for other languages is very poorly made, hard to access, has less information than the original text and is inaccessible to those without phones or internet (the museum WiFi was so poor I couldn't use the app).

Without some major changes to the museum as it is and taking on board the many constructive comments received (the large number of Google reviews with these suggestions speaks volumes), I would definitely not recommend a visit to...