Museo di Meccanica Agraria Carlo Santini
University museum in the Reggia di Portici with agricultural machines for sowing, harvesting and soil cultivation, from 19th-century traction machines to 20th-century tractors.
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About the museum
The museum is part of MUSA Reggia di Portici and of the Museums of Agricultural Sciences of the University of Naples Federico II. It takes its name from Carlo Santini, who from the 1930s onwards gathered most of the machines of the institute and was known for his experimental research, in particular on agricultural tractors.
The collections were created for teaching and demonstration purposes, so that researchers could test the new cultivation techniques made possible by the machines. On display are traction machines from the second half of the 19th century, including cable-drawn ones, electric crawler tractors and a four-wheel-drive tractor from 1950.
The collection also includes ploughs, from the first wooden peg ploughs for animal traction to later models with a mouldboard, as well as the first row seed drills, reaping machines and stationary threshers.
Highlights
- 19th-century traction machines, including cable-drawn ones
- Electric crawler tractors and a four-wheel-drive tractor from 1950
- Ploughs from the wooden peg to the mouldboard
- Seed drills, mowers and stationary threshers
Permanent exhibition
- Macchine agricole – Machines for sowing, harvesting and soil cultivation, from 19th-century traction machines to 20th-century tractors.
- Operated by
- Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II – Dipartimento di Agraria (MUSA Reggia di Portici)
Admission & discounts
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Accessibility
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Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
By public transit
Portici-Ercolano
Ferrovie dello Stato (Italian State Railways): Portici-Ercolano station, then Corso Umberto I and Via Università (about 400 m). Circumvesuviana: Portici Via Libertà stop. TLA Portici bus: red line, stop 18, Via Università 86.
By car
Free parking
Free on-site parking (while spaces last).
By car: A3 Naples–Salerno motorway, Portici exit (from the north) or Ercolano Scavi exit (from the south).
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Free on-site parking while spaces last; small dogs are admitted in a bag or carrier.
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Plan your visit
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