Museo civico Casa del Duca
Civic museum in Carloforte in the Carlo Emanuele III fort of 1738, with rooms on the tuna fishery, navigation, the settlement of the island and shells.
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About the museum
The Museo civico Casa del Duca is located in the upper part of Carloforte, in the Carlo Emanuele III fort, built in spring 1738, the year the town was founded. It was the first masonry building of the emerging settlement, conceived as a guardhouse and later used as a district prison. After a complete restoration it now houses the museum, which has six rooms and a garden.
The Tonnara room (tuna fishery) collects finds and tools linked to tuna fishing, with a model of a tuna fishery built by an old rais (fishing boss) and one of a 19th-century plant for processing and preserving tuna. The Galanzieri room presents documents and instruments of the boatmen who carried the ore by sailing ship. The Documents room holds reproductions of texts from the first years of the colonisation of the island of San Pietro, such as the plan of the first urban nucleus and the oath of allegiance of the Tabarchin community to the House of Savoy in 1738.
The route also includes a rich collection of Mediterranean shells, the Rural activities room and the Emanuelli room, dedicated to the paintings of the artist Mario Emanuelli. In the inner garden grow typical Mediterranean scrub species, labelled with their Tabarchin names.
Highlights
- Models of a tuna fishery and of a 19th-century tuna plant
- Documents on the founding of Carloforte in 1738
- Collection of Mediterranean shells
- Room dedicated to the paintings of Mario Emanuelli
- Garden with Mediterranean scrub plants
Permanent exhibition
- Percorso museale in sei sale – Rooms devoted to the tuna fishery, the Galanzieri, documents, malacology, rural activities and Mario Emanuelli, plus the Mediterranean garden.
- Operated by
- Comune di Carloforte
- Visitors per year
- approx. 1,150
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €3.50 |
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| Reduced | €2children aged 6 to 18, people over 65, groups and school parties (at least 10 people), pilgrims on the Cammino minerario di Santa Barbara and licensed tourist guides |
| Children & teens | €2free up to age 5 · Free admission for children aged 0 to 5. |
| Seniors | €2Reduced rate for people over 65. |
| Visitors with disabilities | freecompanion free · Free admission for people with disabilities and a companion. |
| Groups (10+ people) | €2 per personReduced rate for groups and school parties of at least 10 people. |
| Two museums or sites (full price) | €5Reduced €3. |
| Combined ticket (full price) | €7Reduced €5. |
Free admission also for ICOM members, licensed European Union tourist guides, university teachers and researchers in fields related to cultural heritage, students of related courses, journalists and honorary inspectors of the Ministry of Culture.
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Book visits and guided tours during opening hours on +39 0781 858 9260 and +39 0781 858 9200, or by e-mail at tsv@comune.carloforte.ca.it. |
