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Ethnographic Museum - Parabita

Ethnographic Museum - Parabita

Address:  Via San Sebastiano | 73052 - Parabita | Map

Telephone: +39 388 6993620

: www.museidelsalento.it

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Description

Opened in 1998, the museum is located in the stables and in the servants rooms of the ancient and noble Palazzo Briganti in the center of Parabita.


The different environments tell the family sphere, both agricultural and artisan work, for a total of 8 adjoining rooms.


On the ground floor, in the stables and in the servants rooms, the working tools are well organized and displayed, everyday objects and tools reflecting the performance of traditional life. In the first rooms, dedicated to agricultural work, plows, capacity measures, weigh batching, honey extractors, beehives and tauleddhre are exhibited, in the weaving room an old loom is exposed along with sewing machines, combs, spindles and macinule.


One room is finally dedicated to the collection of information on the history of the territory of Parabita, reconstructed through plants, photos, drawings and reproductions.


The "Documentation Center" and the "Center of prehistoric studies" are also part of the Museum.

Ethnographic Museum - Parabita  

Director: Prof. Aldo D'Antico
Ethnographic Museum - Parabita  Contact: Center of Culture "The Laboratory"
Ethnographic Museum - Parabita  Open to the public: Monday, Wednesday and Friday: 16.00-20.00
Ethnographic Museum - Parabita  Admission: Free
Ethnographic Museum - Parabita  The Association "The Laboratory" of Parabita offers guided tours and educational trails


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