Museo della Cultura Materiale
Educational and interactive museum in San Benedetto in Perillis with a prehistory section and an anthropological section on the life of a farming family.
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About the museum
The municipality of San Benedetto in Perillis created the museum as part of efforts to revive local traditions and culture, with a mainly educational purpose. The route is divided into two sections: the prehistory section and the anthropological section, which shows the daily life of a farming family through the grain cycle, the olive oil cycle and weaving.
Each tool is placed back in its functional context, in reconstructed rooms, so that the object is understood together with its use. Visitors, especially students, can try out tools and techniques themselves, for example sitting at the loom, using prehistoric drills to bore stone or lighting a fire. The museum is housed in the premises of a restored former 18th-century olive mill.
Highlights
- Prehistory section
- Anthropological section: grain cycle, olive oil cycle, weaving
- Reconstructed rooms of a farming family
- Loom, prehistoric drills and fire-lighting to try out
Permanent exhibition
- Sezione preistorica e sezione antropologica – Prehistoric finds and reconstructed rooms showing rural life: grain cycle, olive oil cycle, weaving.
- Operated by
- Comune di San Benedetto in Perillis
Admission & discounts
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Accessibility
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Kids & families
- Hands-on stations
Visitors can try out tools and techniques, such as the loom or the prehistoric drills.
Getting there & parking
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Amenities & dining
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Events & venue rental
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Plan your visit
| School programs | yes |
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| Good to know | Museum with a mainly educational purpose, aimed especially at students. |
