Museo delle Tradizioni Agroalimentari della Sardegna – Casa Steri
Food museum in the 17th-century Casa Steri in Siddi, with kitchen, horse-driven mill, olive press, granaries and the courtyard of a Campidano manor house.
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About the museum
The museum is housed in Casa Steri, a 17th-century Campidano manor house in the historic centre of Siddi, in the Marmilla, next to the parish church. For several centuries the house belonged without interruption to the same family of local notables, and it consists of building blocks erected at different times, following the layout of the courtyard houses of the Campidano: living quarters, spaces for processing farm and pastoral produce, loggias and shelters for working and farmyard animals.
Starting from the memory of the house and its cycles of life and work, the museum documents customs, knowledge, production techniques and ways of cooking and eating that belong to the whole community. In some respects it draws on the idea of the house museum, but above all it aims to be a thematic museum of food and of the food history of rural Sardinia.
The route begins in the courtyard, with the well and the watering troughs, and the stables. It then moves through the reception room with walls painted in 1910 in Art Nouveau (liberty) motifs, the pantry, the reading room, the bread room and the monumental 17th-century kitchen with “sa forredda”. Next come the mill room, with a rare millstone driven by a horse from the 18th century, the oil press and cheese-making room and, on the first floor, the granaries with agricultural tools and the ethnographic collection of the painter Foiso Fois.
Highlights
- 17th-century kitchen with the monumental “sa forredda”
- Rare horse-driven millstone from the 18th century
- Reception room with Art Nouveau walls from 1910
- Granaries with farm tools and branding irons for animals
- Ethnographic collection of the painter Foiso Fois
Permanent exhibition
- Percorso della casa e dei cicli alimentari – Courtyard, kitchen, horse-driven mill, oil press and cheese-making room, granaries and the ethnographic collection of Foiso Fois in a 17th-century Campidano manor house.
- Visitors per year
- approx. 500
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €10 |
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| Reduced | €5groups of more than 15 people and AICS members |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 2 · Free admission for children up to age 2; full fare from age 12 to 65. |
| Visitors with disabilities | freeFree admission for people with disabilities. |
| Groups (16+ people) | €5 per personReduced rate for groups of more than 15 people; free admission for up to 2 accompanying persons from the group. |
| Families | €20Family ticket: 2 adults and up to 2 children. |
| Family ticket (2 adults and up to 2 children) | €20 |
Possible agreements with other museums in the area.
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
All rooms of the museum are declared accessible to people with disabilities.
Kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 2 |
|---|---|
| Family ticket | €20 · Family ticket: 2 adults and up to 2 children. |
- Family tours & workshops
Workshops and guided visits for schools, families and adults; a family ticket is available.
Getting there & parking
The museum is at Via Roma 2, in the historic centre of Siddi, next to the parish church.
Get directionsAmenities & dining
Café and bookshop are being set up.
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes · approx. 50 min |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Visits are guided only, with qualified guides, and require booking. Educational workshops for schools and adults are organised and must be booked at least 15 days in advance. |
