Museo Utensilia

About the museum

The Museo Utensilia is a documented collection of the life and means of production of the Marche sharecroppers, who for a long time formed the basis of an almost self-sufficient society, able to meet its everyday needs by making use of the resources of the surrounding environment. It is set up as a branch of the Museo della Storia della Mezzadria “Sergio Anselmi” in Senigallia.

The display presents a rich selection of tools made by the peasants for work in the fields, in the house and with the animals, distributed across eight themed rooms that illustrate raw materials, building techniques, crafts and products typical of sharecropping culture. Among the rooms are sections on farm work, kitchen utensils, the cellar and transport. Some of the objects come from residents of Morro d’Alba.

Since 2008 the museum has been housed in the basements of the castle, below the “Scarpa” (the sloping base of the walls), in rooms built at the end of the 17th century. Further down, the tunnels built between the 15th and 16th centuries can be seen and partly visited; here was found the oldest Italian wrought-iron bombard, dating from the 14th century, which the municipality donated to the Museo Nazionale d’Artiglieria in Turin in 1862.

Highlights

• Eight themed rooms on sharecropping culture
• Tools made by peasants for fields, house and animals
• Housed in the castle basements, below the Scarpa
• Tunnels from the 15th–16th centuries, partly open to visitors

Permanent exhibition

• Percorso espositivo sulla civiltà mezzadrile – Eight rooms with tools and products of the Marche sharecroppers, from work in the fields to the kitchen, the cellar and transport.

Operated by

Comune di Morro d'Alba

Visitors per year

approx. 2,087

Admission & discounts

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Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: no information
• Elevator
• 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 entrance is along the Scarpa walkway and the rooms are on the basement level; a lift is available, to be arranged with the museum.

Kids & families

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