Museo della cultura contadina di Albinia

Museum in three rooms documenting the agricultural life of the Maremma of Orbetello from the early 20th century to the land reform, with tools, photographs and maps.

Opening hoursFree admission

Website Directions

Limited operations. The Musei Italiani portal lists openings at weekends, while another tourist source reports a closure following the 2012 flood: before a visit it is advisable to contact the Comune di Orbetello.

About the museum

The museum tells of the agricultural activities of the Maremma and the Orbetello area and of the changes that took place from the early 20th century to the land reform of the 1950s, reconstructing peasant life of that period. It is located in Albinia, the newly founded settlement whose origin lies precisely in the transformation of the Maremma countryside.

The route unfolds across three rooms. The first is devoted to the farmers from the early decades of the century to the period between the wars, between large estates and sharecropping (mezzadria): reproductions of paintings, historic photographs and a large quantity of work tools and everyday utensils. The second illustrates the reclamation and river embankment works of southern Maremma, such as the embankments of the Osa and Albegna, with bridges and canals documented in photographs.

The third room covers the years from 1957 to 1977, when the Ente Maremma reorganised the farmland and built new smallholdings (poderi) and new settlements, Albinia included, with numerous images and maps of the new land subdivision.

Highlights

Work tools and utensils of Maremma rural life
Historic photographs of the countryside between Capalbio, Albinia and Marsiliana
Documentation on the reclamation and embankment of the Osa and Albegna
Room on the land reform and the Ente Maremma

Founded: 2004
Operated by: Comune di Orbetello