Ecomuseo della Montagna Pistoiese - Museo della Gente dell'Appennino Pistoiese [Pistoia Mountains Ecomuseum - Museum of the Pistoia Apennines People]
The idea of a museum documenting the material culture of the people who lived in the Pistoia Apennines dates from the 1970s, but it was only in the '90s that it became a concrete reality, thanks to the support of the Ecomuseum. The ethnographic collection includes objects of daily use and tools of work typically employed by the mountain people (charcoal burners, woodsmen). All of the objects date from the 19th and 20th centuries, are original to the territory and have been included in an itinerary made up of imagination, evocation and sounds. Each year, on the last Sunday in July, in celebration of the Live Museum Day, the old trades and traditional activities of the area are represented. The Museum can be appreciated also by the visually impaired, thanks to the Walk-Assistant technology. In addition to the educational offer of the Ecological Museum's Farm-Forest-Pasturage Itinerary, there is a toys workshop
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Texts by Graziano Magrini
English translation by Catherine Frost
Last update 08/feb/2008