Salàs de Pallars is a very special village. It is almost a museum on its own. The Museum Shops are spread throughout the village and offer visitors a unique experience. Come and discover the recreated nine old shops that form to this unusual museum complex. The settings belong to historical shops across the Catalan territory, you will find elements and objects that were part of old retail shops from the 19th and 20th century: scales, counters, packages, jars, advertising posters, etc. Through the guided tour, you will be able to discover the grocery store that transports us to an era in which advertising began to be used as a differentiating element and to become part of popular culture. It was the first shop in the museum, but quickly others were added such as the pharmacy, the barber shop, the haberdashery and the tobacco shop or the newspaper stand, with books, magazines, toys... New technologies have made printing very easy nowadays, everyone can do it. But how was printing done a hundred years ago? What were the movable types? Who were the typesetters? In the printing house of Salàs you will find answers to all these questions and many more. A space full of history to discover all the secrets of one of the most important and decisive inventions for humanity. In their own way, chocolate and sweets also changed the world. During the guided tour through the historic shops of Salàs de Pallars, once you find yourself at the patisserie, you will discover the relationship between advertising and the history of chocolate in our territory. For a long time, cafés were gathering places, places for conversation, where people drank and spent long hours of leisure. You will find, in this recreation, a classic atmosphere of this sort of premises from the fifties and sixties of the last century. The visit to the Museu Salàs Shops is an innovative and authentic experience that both the young and old one will enjoy. In addition to the nine Museum Shops, the facilities also offer temporary exhibitions and activities throughout the year. A different way of getting to know a world that seems very far in time but is not actually quite recent. Travel back in time and discover what shops were like long before credit cards and online commerce. Let it surprise you!