La Cadrega Fiurija – Ecomuseo dei seggiolai e delle impagliatrici

About the museum

The ecomuseum preserves the memory of the old craft of making and cane-seating chairs, which from the mid-19th century to the 1980s employed many families in Azeglio. It is run by the volunteer association ARTEV OdV.

The exhibition venue “La Cadrega fiurija” opened in 2004 and includes an exhibition gallery, a reconstructed dining room, a kitchen with a corner dedicated to chair-caning and a carpentry workshop. Two adjoining rooms have recently been partly restored to house a teaching room and a documentation centre with a bookshop.

The second part of the ecomuseum is the “Sentiero della lesca”, a nature trail through the woods along the Azeglio shore of Lake Viverone, where you can see the marsh grass (lesca) once used for chair-caning.

Highlights

• Exhibition gallery on the trade of chair-makers and chair-caners
• Reconstructed dining room and kitchen with a chair-caning corner
• Carpentry workshop
• Sentiero della lesca on the shore of Lake Viverone
• Guided tours with ARTEV volunteers

Permanent exhibition

• La Cadrega fiurija – Exhibition gallery, reconstructed dining room, kitchen with a chair-caning corner and carpentry workshop on the trade of chair-makers.

Founded

2004

Operated by

ARTEV OdV (associazione di volontariato) / Comune di Azeglio

Visitors per year

approx. 230

Admission & discounts

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Accessibility

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Kids & families

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Getting there & parking

From Piazza Massimo d'Azeglio, go down the staircase towards Via XX Settembre, beside the bell tower and the parish church.

Amenities & dining

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Plan your visit