Through December 31, 2026
Storie di erbe: un cammino tra magia, miti, focolare e credenze
The route runs through nine rooms of the museum and gathers legends, customs and beliefs linked to herbs and plants in Carnia and other areas.
Museo carnico delle arti popolari «Michele Gortani»
Large alpine ethnographic museum in Palazzo Campeis in Tolmezzo, with thirty rooms on the life, crafts and folk traditions of Carnia.
Have only individual sections read aloud
Opening hoursAdmission €9 Wheelchair accessible
Current exhibitions
About the museum
The museum grew out of the ethnographic collections begun around 1920 by the geologist and scholar Michele Gortani, who gathered objects of everyday life, old trades and folk traditions throughout Carnia. It is considered one of the most important ethnographic museums in the Alpine area of Europe and belongs to the CarniaMusei network.
It is housed in Palazzo Campeis in Tolmezzo, a building of 17th-century origin arranged on three wings around a courtyard. The portico retains two 14th-century frescoes and the coats of arms of the municipalities of the Bacino imbrifero montano del Tagliamento; the courtyard is closed by a small loggia with stone vessels and farm tools and leads to the garden, a former terraced broili (traditional enclosed garden), also used for temporary exhibitions and concerts.
The collections occupy three floors and about thirty rooms, where settings such as the Carnic kitchen, bedrooms and the dining room, with mostly 18th-century furnishings, are reconstructed, along with craft workshops (carpenter, blacksmith), weaving, ceramics, the mountain pasture (malga) and the world of the cramârs, the Carnic itinerant peddlers. Masks, popular religious practices and traditional music are also documented.
Highlights
- Reconstructed Carnic kitchen, bedrooms and dining room with 18th-century furnishings
- Craft workshops, weaving, ceramics and mountain pasture (malga)
- Masks, popular religious practices and traditional music
- Palazzo Campeis with loggia, courtyard and garden
- Lift serving all floors
- Operated by
- Comune di Tolmezzo / CarniaMusei
- Visitors per year
- approx. 5,000
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €9 |
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| Reduced | €6Ages 6 to 18, over 65, FAI members, holders of the “Io Sono VISIONARIO” card and Family Pass |
| Children & teens | €6free up to age 5 · Free up to 6 years; ages 6 to 18 pay the reduced rate. |
| Visitors with disabilities | €4Ticket for visitors with disabilities. |
| Groups | €2 per personSchool groups: €2 per person. |
| Guided tour (individuals or groups of 2 to 5 people) | €10€10 per person |
The standard ticket also includes the temporary exhibition running until 31 December 2026. Free admission for holders of the FVG Card.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible
- Elevator
- 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 museum is accessible to people with disabilities and has a lift serving all floors.
Kids & families
Great for kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 5 |
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Free admission up to 6 years and reduced rate with the Family Pass.
Getting there & parking
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Amenities & dining
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Events & venue rental
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Guided tours by booking: write to info@museocarnico.it or call +39 0433 43233. |
