The history of the Technology Museum of l’Empordà began one Sunday morning some thirty years ago. On that day, Pere Padrosa went out for a stroll around the town. He ended up at the market that is held in Figueres on the first Sunday of every month. His eyes looked idly on the different stalls until they settled on an old typewriter. He went back home and spent his afternoon repairing and cleaning his newly acquired treasure: a 1910 portable Erika manufactured in Dresden.

Since then, that typewriter has been joined by sowing machines, clocks, telephones, heaters and many other typewriters, as well as a variety of other objects. That morning marked the beginning of a collection that is today on exhibit in its own museum.

The museum is the result of enthusiasm shared by others. Pere Padrosa’s wife, Margarida Pierre, has been his accomplice in his work. Together, they have travelled thousands of kilometres to visit fair after fair, market after market.
The objects on exhibition at the museum make up one of the best collections of machines from the period of the industrial revolution.