Museo della Montagna e della sua Gente

About the museum

The museum opened in October 2005 in the restored building of the former elementary school in the hamlet of Miroglio, in Frabosa Sottana. It tells the daily life of farmers and mountain people in the first half of the 20th century through reconstructions of domestic and work spaces, with clothing, furnishings and almost a thousand farm tools, largely donated by local residents.

In December 2012 the underground rooms devoted to the wartime period were inaugurated, with objects related to the Alpini, a carabiniere who became a partisan, and local partisans, as well as a memorial of the 1961 expedition in which speleologists from Piedmont spent 700 hours in the Grotta del Caudano. The museum is part of the offer of the Mondolè Park, and its management is entrusted, through an agreement with the Comune, to the association Miroglio e il Kyè, which also works to preserve the local dialect.

Highlights

• Reconstructed domestic and work spaces from the first half of the 20th century
• Almost a thousand farm tools donated by residents
• Underground rooms devoted to the wartime period
• Memory of the speleological expedition to the Grotta del Caudano (1961)

Permanent exhibition

• Percorso etnografico e sale sotterranee – Domestic and work spaces from the first half of the 20th century, around 600–1000 farm tools and, in the underground rooms, a section on the wartime period.

Founded

2005

Operated by

Comune di Frabosa Sottana (gestione: associazione Miroglio e il Kyè)

Visitors per year

approx. 500

Admission & discounts

Prices according to the list of the Ministry of Culture (2021 update); it is advisable to check them when booking.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• 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 municipality lists the museum as accessible to wheelchair users.

Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

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Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

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