Museo etnografico «Maestro Giuseppe Fontana»
Ethnographic museum in Cima Sappada showing the natural environment, traditional crafts, popular religiosity and the Carnival masks of the Alpine community of Sappada.
Have only individual sections read aloud
About the museum
The Museo etnografico “Maestro Giuseppe Fontana” is located in Cima Sappada, the most isolated hamlet of the municipality, known for its many 19th-century wooden farmhouses. It holds objects and artefacts of Alpine life in Sappada, as well as historical information about the community that settled there in the Middle Ages.
In the new display the route runs from the natural environment to the identity of the population. It starts with the geology, flora and fauna of the Sappada basin, with samples of local rocks, some fossils, a diorama reconstructing a natural habitat and a collection of birds.
The main hall houses the tools of agricultural, forestry, pastoral and craft work: the woodcutter’s work, a section devoted to snow, the shepherd, the cowshed, the hayloft and farm work, transport, and the trades of the wheelwright, blacksmith, carpenter, shoemaker, tailor and weaver. At the centre of the museum, as in village life, a section illustrates popular religiosity at the main moments of the liturgical year. The route ends with the masks of the Sappada Carnival (vosenòcht), a tradition that is still alive, including the figure of the Rollate.
Highlights
- Geology, flora and fauna of the Sappada basin, with diorama
- Tools of the woodcutter, the shepherd and craft trades
- Section on popular religiosity through the liturgical year
- Masks of the Sappada Carnival (vosenòcht) and the figure of the Rollate
Permanent exhibition
- Percorso etnografico della civiltà alpina di Sappada – From the natural environment to work tools, popular religiosity and Carnival masks: the route tells the story of the identity of the Sappada community.
- Operated by
- Comune di Sappada
- Visitors per year
- approx. 900
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Guided visits are offered; for information contact the municipality of Sappada. |