Museo etnografico "Cemoùt chi erin"
Ethnographic museum in Forni Avoltri telling the story of life in Carnia from the 19th century to the post-war years, with a permanent exhibition on the Great War on the ground floor.
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About the museum
The ethnographic museum grew out of a spontaneous initiative by local residents. In the winter of 1992, some villagers set up a traditional Carnic nativity scene in the hamlet of Cjamp, with foam figures dressed in local costume. When the festivities were over, the community wanted to continue the project, and the figures were moved to the former town hall, one of the oldest buildings in the village.
Around this initial nucleus, furnishings, utensils and work tools donated by families from Forni Avoltri and its hamlets have been collected. The displays are organised by theme and document everyday life, rites and traditions from the 19th century to the period after the two world wars: the kitchen, the bedroom, the mountain pasture (malga) and hay-making, trades and household trousseaux. The museum’s name, in Friulian, means “how we were”.
On the ground floor of the same building, since 2008, there has been a permanent exhibition on the Great War, dedicated to the front in the upper Degano Valley and the surrounding peaks. It includes military finds and objects donated by local people, postcards and period photographs of the lives of soldiers and the village, and a reconstruction of a tunnel position with bunk beds, inspired by one discovered on Monte Navagiust in 2007.
Highlights
- Reconstructed rooms of the Carnic house: kitchen and bedroom
- Tools and life in the mountain pasture, hay-making and mountain trades
- Work and festive clothing and household trousseaux
- Permanent exhibition on the Great War on the ground floor
- Reconstruction of a tunnel position with bunk beds
Permanent exhibitions
- Collezione etnografica «Cemoùt chi erin» – Rooms and objects of Carnic life from the 19th century to the post-war years: kitchen, bedroom, mountain pasture and hay-making, trades and trousseaux.
- Mostra permanente sulla Grande Guerra – Finds, postcards and photographs from the front in the upper Degano Valley, and a reconstruction of a tunnel position.
- Founded
- 1992
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Free admission.
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
A catalogue entry indicates access for people with disabilities; no further details are available.
Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
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Amenities & dining
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | Outside the summer season, visits are arranged by telephone booking. |
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