Museo valdese di Rorà

About the museum

The museum occupies a building that was once an inn, the Hôtel du Chamois. A new display telling the history and life of the Rorà community was opened in 2024.

The ground floor is devoted to farm work and to the lime and stone industries of Luserna. The first floor contains rooms of community life between the 19th century and the early 20th century, including the kitchen and the school. The last room shows videos on stone-working and local history, in particular on Giosuè Gianavello, leader of the Waldensian resistance.

The museum has seven rooms and is one of the museums in the Waldensian museum system coordinated by the Fondazione Centro Culturale Valdese.

Highlights

• Section on the working of Luserna stone
• Reconstructed early 20th-century kitchen and school
• Videos on Giosuè Gianavello and local history
• 18th-century farmhouse, formerly an inn

Permanent exhibition

• Storia e vita della comunità di Rorà – Seven rooms on farm work, the stone and lime industries, community life and the figure of Giosuè Gianavello.

Operated by

Fondazione Centro Culturale Valdese

Visitors per year

approx. 300

Admission & discounts

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Accessibility

• Partially 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

Only the first floor is accessible to people with reduced mobility.

Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

Private buses up to 12 m can reach Rorà.

Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

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