Museo Etnografico Walser – Casa Museo di Rabernardo

About the museum

The house museum is located in Rabernardo, a Walser village at 1,560 metres in Val Vogna, in the municipality of Alagna Valsesia. It is a mid-17th-century farmhouse converted into an ethnographic museum and now part of the Cav. Carlo Locca museum circuit, which also includes museums in Guardabosone.

The building, made of stone and wood, has four floors. The stone base houses the cowshed and the living room with its soapstone stove; in the Firhus, the only room with a hearth, food was cooked and cheese was made. On the upper floors, built with crossed larch logs (block-bau), are the bedrooms and work spaces, while the typical balconies (lobbie) were used to dry hay. Under the stone roof was the hayloft with its threshing floor.

Visits are always guided, so that the encounter with Walser heritage is an experience dedicated to each visitor.

Highlights

• 17th-century Walser house on four floors
• Block-bau construction in larch with balconies (lobbie)
• Cowshed, Stand and Firhus with soapstone stove
• Village of Rabernardo at 1,560 m along the Alta via dei Walser

Permanent exhibition

• La Casa Museo Walser – Walser house in stone and wood with cowshed, living room, kitchen with hearth, bedrooms and hayloft.

Operated by

Circuito museale Cav. Carlo Locca

Visitors per year

approx. 100

Admission & discounts

Guided visit: €7 per person, booking required.

Accessibility

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Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

Rabernardo lies in the upper Val Vogna, where most of the valley can only be reached on foot; the village is reached on foot along the Alta via dei Walser.

Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

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