International Museum day: FCC and its Carriage Museum

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18/05/2011

International Museum day: FCC and its Carriage Museum

International Museum Day was held on 18 May under the theme "Museum and Memory". Museums convey memories and tell stories. They preserve collections of objects for the memory of our communities. These objects are the expressions of our natural and cultural heritage. Many of them are fragile, some endangered and all need special care and conservation. International Museum Day 2011 will be an occasion for visitors to discover and rediscover our individual and collective memory.

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International Museum day: FCC and its Carriage Museum

FCC's Carriage Museum in Barcelona is one of the best of its kind in Spain. The museum (open mornings, Plaza Josep Pallach, 8, Barcelona) boasts an exceptional permanent exhibition of machinery, carts and carriages. The display includes some of the original machinery used by FCC and superb examples of the transport system used by our forefathers.

FCC's museum has something for everyone. The museum came into being when Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas SA lent its collection to the Catalunya Harness and Riding Club; the collection was initially housed in the former Sant Andreu depot and subsequently in the Sant Andreu Theatre.

Painstakingly cared for by Josep Piera i Jané and Antoni Piera i Caporà, the collection grew with the inclusion of the Bertrand i Serra collection, donated to the city of Barcelona by the heirs to that legacy. As a result, the collection is now an outstanding representation of transport and life at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries.

In the last third of the 19th century, the Piera family, settled in Sants neighbourhood, was engaged in long-distance goods transport by horse cart. One of their main routes was transporting silks and other fabrics to Valladolid—a journey which took 90 days.

In 1893, the Piera family founded Piera Cortinas y Compañia, SA., which focused on transport and building. In July 1900, they founded Fomento de Obras y Construcciones, S.A., which engaged in construction projects which required horses, such as the Tibidabo railway in Barcelona.

In 1913, the Barcelona city government awarded the company a contract for municipal cleaning and later one for municipal solid waste collection, both performed using horse-drawn vehicles.

The company's stable was the first of its kind in Cataluña and was carefully preserved.

Today's Carriage Museum is the result of the love for horses and carriages by the company's executives, Josep Piera i Jané and Antoni Piera i Caparà.

The Museum, considered to be one of the best of its type in Spain, has a complete collection, with over 50 carts and carriages and more than 500 accessories and uniforms, bringing to life a transport system that is part of our history.