Museo Vallivo Valfurva «Mario Testorelli»
Ethnographic museum in Valfurva with reconstructed domestic interiors and workshops, a working mill and sections on mountaineering and the First World War.
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About the museum
The museum was founded in 1979 on the initiative of the Associazione Museo Vallivo della Valfurva and of the teacher Mario Testorelli, with the aim of telling the history, culture and traditions of the valley. The first home was the oratory of the Disciplini di San Nicolò; in 2002 the collection was moved to the Sant’Antonio site, and in 2003 the new site was inaugurated and named after Testorelli, who had died the year before.
The display recreates real settings and atmospheres: the room and kitchen of a farmhouse and the workshops of craftsmen, including carpenters, shoemakers, ropemakers and blacksmiths. Other sections illustrate domestic, agricultural and pastoral activities.
The route includes a working mill for grinding rye and a wood-fired oven for baking bread. The objects on display also recall costume, school, devotion, the mountains and mountaineering, and the First World War. The museum is part of the Valtellina museum network.
Highlights
- Reconstructed domestic interiors: room and kitchen
- Workshops of carpenters, shoemakers, ropemakers and blacksmiths
- Working mill for rye and wood-fired oven
- Sections on costume, school, devotion, mountains and mountaineering
- Section dedicated to the First World War
Permanent exhibition
- Percorso etnografico – Reconstructed domestic interiors and workshops, mill and oven, sections on costume, school, devotion, mountains and the First World War.
- Founded
- 1979
- Operated by
- Associazione Museo Vallivo della Valfurva
- Visitors per year
- approx. 2,500
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €3 |
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| Reduced | €2children aged 7 to 17 |
| Children & teens | €2free up to age 6 · Free up to the age of 6. |
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible
- Elevator
- Accessible restroom
- 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 museum has a lift; the exhibition rooms and toilets are accessible to people with disabilities.
Kids & families
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Getting there & parking
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Amenities & dining
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Events & venue rental
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Plan your visit
| School programs | yes |
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| Good to know | Opening outside regular hours on request for groups of at least 10 people. The museum’s website has a section for schools. |
