Museu Fester del Santíssim Crist de l'Agonia

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Multimedia Gallery

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Experience the spirit and spectacle of one of Ontinyent’s most important festivals at this museum, which offers a fascinating insight into the town’s history.

The Museu Fester d’Ontinyent, Ontinyent Festival Museum, stands in the central plaza de Baix, inside the headquarters of the Sociedad de Festeros del Santísimo Cristo de la Agonía. Come and discover everything there is to know about this extraordinary festival!

Ontinyent Festival Museum: history and collection

Set over three floors, all of which are fully accessible to visitors with reduced mobility, the museum explores more than 150 years of Ontinyent’s Moors and Christians festivities, which have been declared a Festival of National Tourist Interest.

As you make your way through the Ontinyent Festival Museum, you’ll come across original musical scores, scale models, devotional objects dedicated to the town’s patron, the Embajadas texts written in 1860 and an important collection of festival dress, including the special costumes worn by captains, ambassadors and standard-bearers. Audiovisual displays round off the visit and bring the story of the festival to life.