Museo agro-forestale "Baglio San Matteo"
Natural history and ethnographic museum in the Erice state forest, with local fauna and flora and tools of rural mountain life; free admission.
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About the museum
The museum is set up in the Baglio Cusenza, near the Fontanarossa entrance to the Erice state forest, in contrada San Matteo. It brings together the most characteristic specimens of the flora and fauna of the Trapani area.
The natural history section includes stuffed birds and mammals, reptiles preserved in formalin, nests, tree trunk sections, forest plants and dried mushrooms. The ethnographic section documents rural life in the mountains with a millstone, tools from an old olive mill, a wooden wheelbarrow, ploughs, a decorated Sicilian cart, household utensils, scales and sewing machines.
Highlights
- Stuffed birds and mammals from the province of Trapani
- Reptiles in formalin, nests, tree sections and dried mushrooms
- Ethnographic section with a decorated Sicilian cart
- Tools of an old olive mill and ploughs
Permanent exhibition
- Collezioni naturalistiche ed etnografiche – Fauna and flora of the Trapani area and objects of rural mountain life: Sicilian cart, ploughs and olive mill tools.
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Free admission.
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