MUTEC – Museo del Territorio di Cassano e dell'Alta Murgia

Local heritage museum of Cassano delle Murge, with a route in four sections from prehistory to the modern age, covering folk art, karst geology and rural life.

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About the museum

MUTEC is the museum dedicated to collecting and interpreting the cultural heritage of Cassano delle Murge and the Alta Murgia area. It aims to offer the community a reading of its own heritage that goes beyond the local context, and it also presents itself as a research and development centre, in collaboration with heritage protection bodies and with Italian and foreign research institutes.

The exhibition follows a chronological and thematic route that spans over thirty-five centuries of history, from prehistory to the modern age. It is organised into four sections across thirteen rooms. The visit uses multimedia itineraries in which visitors can move freely between objects and linked information.

The section “Arte e devozione popolare” brings together works from the demolished church of Santa Chiara, ex-votos, votive bells and wrought iron. “La Murgia carsica” presents the archaeology, geology and landscape of the plateau, with references to the Nisco cave and the Copper Age. “Lo sviluppo rurale” is devoted to peasant life in the 1930s and to oral tradition, while “Alla scoperta del territorio” reconstructs the phases of the town’s development with historical panels and photographic collections.

Highlights

Works from the demolished church of Santa Chiara, including a canvas by Miglionico and a 16th-century wooden pulpit
Ex-votos, votive bells and wrought iron by the master Colaninno
Room on the Nisco cave and the Copper Age, with an inhumation and its grave goods
Geological section with models and samples of Murgia rocks and sands
Photographic collection and sound archive on rural life in the 1930s