There are several museums in the Umbria region where it is possible to learn about the evolution of rural life, the tools farmers used, and the transformation of the local agricultural landscape
Location: Fossato di Vico (PG)
The Rural Life Museum Centre was created thanks to the commitment of Prof. Luigi Galassi, from Fossato di Vico. Over time he managed to collect around 1,600 pieces, with determination and passion, and they are arranged by typology in the three-storey former school building dedicated by the municipality of Fossato di Vico, in agreement with Prof.Galassi. On a visit to the Museum Centre it is possible to observe the objects that rural folk used for their work on a regular basis.
The Casarivoso Ethnographic Museum of Pre-Industrial Civilization
Location: Ferentillo
A fascinating window on the past, and the tools and trades associated with peasant life, the museum is housed in an old seventeenth century mill that features still-functioning equipment. It is an extraordinary record of this period and contains 3,000 everyday objects.
Location: Montecastrilli
This permanent exhibition of the tools and instruments of peasant life is housed in a school building, where various settings in rural life are reconstructed: 3500 pieces are collected, featuring the tools and documentation of pre-industrial society.
Location: Alviano
Three halls at the museum are dedicated to a display that features the most important tools and utensils used by families in Alviano between the late nineteenth century and the post-war period.
Tenaglie Rural Life Exhibition
Location: Montecchio
An interesting reconstruction of the environments, crafts and tools associated with peasant society. A genuine ethnographic museum, among the most important in Umbria, it features hundreds of everyday tools associated with the local territory.
