MATeL – Museo delle Attività di Trasformazione e del Latte

About the museum

The museum is housed in the former dairy of the Latteria Sociale (dairy cooperative) in Lozzo di Cadore, a 20th-century building from the 1950s and 1960s. The village's first dairy society, the Società Latteria Sociale, was founded in 1884. Its business moved into the present building in 1962 and ceased in 1984 with the arrival of industrialisation.

To preserve the socio-economic roots of the community, its members set up a first exhibition nucleus in 1997. The new display of the Museo della Latteria opened on 24 April 2010. Today the museum is run by the volunteer association Latteria Sociale APS and forms part of a museum hub together with the Roggia dei Mulini (mill race).

The educational route traces the journey of milk, from collection to processing into butter, ricotta and cheese, through to maturing. It includes the cheesemaker's tools, panels, documents, multimedia content and guided routes with QR codes. There is also a room on life in the alpine pastures (malghe) of Pian dei Buoi and a room on woodworking, with models of historic water-powered sawmills.

The guided tour of the Roggia dei Mulini leads to one of the most interesting examples of industrial archaeology in the Cadore, with mills, forges, wash-houses and the Baldovin Carulli hydroelectric power station from 1926, still in operation.

Highlights

• Educational route from milk to cheese
• Cheesemaker's tools and archive of the dairy society
• Room on life in the alpine pastures of Pian dei Buoi
• Models of historic water-powered sawmills
• Guided tour of the Roggia dei Mulini and the Baldovin Carulli power station

Permanent exhibitions

• Area espositiva lattiero-casearia – The route traces the processing of milk and the production of butter, ricotta and cheese, with cheesemaker's tools, documents and multimedia content.
• Roggia dei Mulini – Guided tour of the mills, forges and the 1926 hydroelectric power station along the Rio Rin canal.

Founded

1997

Operated by

Latteria Sociale APS

Visitors per year

approx. 800

Admission & discounts

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Accessibility

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Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Activity booklet, scavenger hunt or kids’ audio guide

Play and learning activities for younger children and young people; project proposals for schools.

Getting there & parking

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Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent

The museum has a multi-purpose room and a room for temporary exhibitions.

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