Museo della civiltà contadina

About the museum

The Museo della civiltà contadina in Andrate is an ethnographic museum documenting the life and work of a mountain community. It holds more than 700 objects and tools, presented as thematic workshops so that visitors can understand the activities of the past.

The sections cover farm work, such as haymaking, dairy processing and field tools; the rural crafts of the blacksmith, the carpenter and the mason; and the rooms of the farmhouse, such as the kitchen, bedroom and cellar. A collection of fifty photographs documents peasant life in Andrate.

In the equipped outdoor park are farm machines from the 19th and early 20th centuries, a lever press and parts of a forge that remained active in the village until 1964. The museum belongs to the museum network of the Anfiteatro Morenico di Ivrea.

Highlights

• More than 700 objects and tools of peasant life
• Workshops of the blacksmith, carpenter and mason
• Rooms of the farmhouse: kitchen, bedroom, cellar
• Fifty photographs of life in Andrate
• Outdoor park with farm machinery and parts of a forge

Permanent exhibition

• Collezione etnografica permanente – More than 700 objects, workshops of rural crafts, rooms of the farmhouse, a photographic collection and an outdoor park with farm machinery.

Operated by

Comune di Andrate

Visitors per year

approx. 1,424

Admission & discounts

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• 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

The tourist portal of Andrate lists the museum as accessible to people with disabilities.

Kids & families

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Getting there & parking

The museum is in Andrate, in the province of Turin; further information is on the tourist website of the Comune.

Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

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