Ecomuseo della Montagna Sarda

About the museum

The Ecomuseo della Montagna Sarda is an ethnographic museum of a special kind, located in the Pastissu municipal park in Aritzo and dedicated to the mountain communities of the western slope of the Gennargentu. Eight rooms hold materials on food, traditional clothing and religious and magico-religious practices, as well as on pastoralism, the gathering of snow and ice and the production of carapigna.

Among the most distinctive pieces are a collection of carved wedding chests and caskets, including the Aritzo or barbaricina chest, the wooden sculptures of the painter and engraver Antonio Mura, and tools linked to snow gathering, such as tin and wooden tubs from the 18th century. Also displayed are tin sorbet jars from the 17th century, old chests for bread, linen, grain and chestnuts, and a hand-worked oak press for grape marc.

The museum is part of the Aritzo museum system, which also includes Casa Devilla, Sa Bovida and the Museo Antonio Mura. The ecomuseum extends into the territory with routes such as the Su Caminu ’e is Niargios snow road, with about a dozen snow pits at around 1,500 metres, and the transhumance paths and forest tracks used for gathering hazelnuts and chestnuts.

Highlights

• Eight rooms on the culture of the Gennargentu mountain communities
• Carved wedding chests, including the Aritzo chest
• Wooden sculptures by Antonio Mura
• Material culture of snow gathering
• Ecomuseum routes: snow road and transhumance paths

Permanent exhibition

• Ecomuseo della Montagna Sarda – Eight rooms of ethnographic material on pastoralism, food, clothing, devotion and snow gathering, with carved wedding chests and works by Antonio Mura.

Visitors per year

approx. 4,500

Admission & discounts

The standard ticket for the ecomuseum alone costs €4. The reduced combined ticket (€5) is valid for over-65s, groups, students up to 26 and school groups. Free admission also for ICOM members, licensed tour guides on duty, researchers and students in the cultural heritage sector, and journalists with a press card.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: no information
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The regional portal reports easier physical access for visitors with specific needs.

Kids & families

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Amenities & dining

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