Museo della civiltà contadina di Montefoscoli
Museum in the cellars of Palazzo Vaccà Berlinghieri in Montefoscoli on sharecropping life, with farm tools and the family’s Casa Museo.
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About the museum
The Museo della Civiltà Contadina di Montefoscoli was inaugurated on 16 April 1996 by a group of local volunteers and is housed in the cellars and storerooms of Palazzo Vaccà Berlinghieri. It was first managed by the Comitato di Promozione Culturale di Montefoscoli; today it is run by a volunteer association that bears the name of the museum and aims to preserve and pass on the memory of rural civilisation.
The route displays a large number of tools that document the post-medieval “archaeology of rural activities” and describes the stages of sharecropping life and of the relationship between landowner and sharecropper between the 18th century and the early decades of the 20th century: grape harvesting and pressing, sowing, harvesting and storing grain, and olive milling. The visit also includes carts, the blacksmith’s forge, the household laundry and the carpentry workshop for tools, barrels and carts.
In 2005 the opening of the Casa Museo Vaccà Berlinghieri expanded the museum, turning it into a centre of local history in the modern and contemporary periods: objects and documents recall the political, social and economic role of the Berlinghieri family and their relations with prominent figures of the time. The museum is part of the Rete museale della Valdera (Valdera museum network).
Highlights
- Cellars and storerooms of Palazzo Vaccà Berlinghieri
- Tools of sharecropping life: grape harvest, grain and olive milling
- Blacksmith’s forge, laundry and farm carpentry workshop
- Casa Museo Vaccà Berlinghieri, opened in 2005
- Free guided tours
Permanent exhibitions
- Museo della Civiltà Contadina – Route through the cellars and storerooms of the palazzo on the stages of sharecropping work, with carts, forge, laundry and carpentry workshop.
- Casa Museo Vaccà Berlinghieri – Rooms and objects that recall the political, social and economic role of the Berlinghieri family and their relations with figures of the time.
- Founded
- 1996
- Operated by
- Associazione Museo della Civiltà Contadina di Montefoscoli
- Visitors per year
- approx. 1,395
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Free admission and free guided tours.
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Free guided tours; information and bookings by telephone on 320 029 1217 (Riccardo) or at museoccm@gmail.com. The museum offers structured educational routes for schools of all levels and welcomes tourist groups. |
