Museo della Civiltà Pastorale e Contadina

About the museum

The museum is housed in a manor house in the old Monte Mannu district of Bitti, in northern Barbagia. The building faithfully reproduces the local traditional architecture, with its portico and granite staircases and wooden floors and ceilings, and it lies a few steps from the parish church.

The completely renewed display comprises nine thematic multimedia and interactive rooms spread over two floors. The upper floor, the living area, evokes customs, habits, beliefs and the bread-making cycle of pane carasatu in five rooms: the best parlour (S'Istanzia 'e vonu), the kitchen, the bedroom, the story of Bitti and its sacred places, and the bread room. On the lower floor, tools of various kinds illustrate the work of the shepherd, the farmer and the craftsman, as well as the women's art of spinning and weaving, including the production of the blankets known as “sas vrassatas”. Four rooms tell the story of the soundscape, the shepherd as guardian of the land, cheese and the land, and the sound of the loom. The route combines the objects with videos by the anthropologist Bachisio Bandinu and with sounds such as the beat of the loom and the bells of the flocks.

Highlights

• Manor house with portico and granite staircases in the Monte Mannu district
• Bread room dedicated to pane carasatu
• The S'Istanzia 'e vonu hall, the traditional best parlour
• Looms and blankets woven as “sas vrassatas”
• Multimedia videos by the anthropologist Bachisio Bandinu

Permanent exhibition

• Piano abitativo e piano del lavoro – Nine multimedia thematic rooms: a traditional house with parlour, kitchen, bedroom and bread room, and on the lower floor the tools of shepherds, farmers and craftsmen, and weaving.

Operated by

Comune di Bitti

Visitors per year

approx. 7,151

Admission & discounts

The standard ticket of €4 is valid for both museums in the same building: the Museum of Pastoral and Rural Civilization (MUBI) and the Multimedia Museum of Tenor Singing (MMT).

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

The only information available is the reduced ticket for people with disabilities; accessibility conditions are not described.

Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

The museum is at Via Goffredo Mameli 52, in the Monte Mannu district, near the parish church.

Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

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