Mostra permanente Attrezzi di vita contadina

About the museum

From 1978 the farm tools owned by residents of Capannori were displayed during the local livestock fair. The cultural association La Ruota, founded in 1989 to protect and promote the material and cultural heritage of rural civilisation, gave this collection a permanent home and looks after its custody and display.

The route reconstructs rural interiors from the first half of the 20th century: the old kitchen and bedroom, the weaving room, the vat room and the farmhouse, and the blacksmith’s workshop. The larger machines, such as wooden and iron ploughs, seed drills, water wheels, irrigation pumps and threshing machines, most of them dating from 1920 onwards, are displayed outdoors under metal canopies.

The association also organises guided school visits to olive presses, water mills and hydraulic works in the area, and has published booklets and documentaries on peasant culture.

Highlights

• Reconstructed kitchen, bedroom and weaving room
• Vat room, farmhouse and blacksmith’s workshop
• Ploughs, seed drills and threshing machines displayed outdoors
• Water wheels and irrigation pumps

Permanent exhibition

• Attrezzi di vita contadina – Reconstructed rural interiors from the first half of the 20th century and farm machinery, some of it also displayed outdoors.

Founded

1978

Operated by

Associazione culturale La Ruota

Visitors per year

approx. 600

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Free admission according to the MuseiOnline listing.

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