The Valencian Museum of Ethnology (Museu Valencià d'Etnologia) was created in 1982. The museum exists to both stimulate research and engage in public education in the fields of ethnology and anthropology; it more specifically intends to make people aware on the cultural diversity of the Region of Valencia, focussing on traditional Valencian culture and its development towards an industrialised society; it shows this as an aspect of the overall field of culture derived from the Mediterranean.
This centre is run by the Diputació de València and has its site in la Beneficència Cultural Centre in the town of València.
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