185:
is extended over three floor levels and a cellar room, showing a cross-section of the historic working and rural living environment of the
Valtellina. On the ground level the workshop of a cartwright and cooper is arranged with traditional equipment for wood- and ironwork which were used for the construction and repair of carts and barrels. In the first floor the production of traditional textile, mainly based on natural fibres such as linen and hemp, is displayed. Next to a traditional hand loom even instruments of producing woollen fibres, such as reels, spindles and carding-machines are exposed. Another room on the first floor is referring to the nearby Sanctuary of Madonna di Tirano, the dominant religious element of the city since the beginning of the 16th century. Notable here are the vestments donated to the Basilica in 1636 by
22:
205:", a room-type in the alpine range typical for its wood-panelled ceiling and walls, has been organized as a living- and bedroom. Another room gives place to the reconstruction of the basic features of a local kitchen. Major section on this floor is the show-room with tools of the daily use of peasant activity. The items are grouped to different topics such as the cheese dairy, the slaughtering, the forest work or the work in the terraced vineyards of the
222:
306:
270:
282:
318:
258:
294:
88:
184:
The central interests of the museum-collection are objects and devices that reflect the historical peasant life in the
Valtellina. Until now the Museo Etnografico Tiranese has collected more than 14.000 objects, of which a big part is exposed in the exhibition halls of the museum. The exhibition area
229:
In the year of 1993 the Museo
Etnografico Tiranese has also been associated with the Centro Provinciale di documentazione sull'emigrazione, which was founded to study the Italian migration movement with a focus on the emigration from the province of Sondrio. Several books have been published to this
241:
In addition to the exhibition-collection, there is also a photo- and postcard-collection, a tape-library, a film-library, a print-collection and an archive of historical documents. The collection of historical photos and postcards now contains more than 4.000 objects and provides, together with a
213:
made of wood. The big one was typical after the period of the use of the big lever supported press and before the use of the more stable and more compact iron screw-press. The small wine press was used to squeeze the grapes for the
Sforzato ("sfurzat"), a raisin wine traditionally produced in the
166:
The collection of the Museo
Etnografico Tiranese is located since 1990 in the Casa del Penitenziere (Penitent's House), an 18th-century Palazzo nearby the Basilica Madonna di Tirano. Until then it was housed in the ground floor of the Palazzo San Michele, located as well at the square of the
171:
of the summer of 1987. The municipality of Tirano renewed and adapted therefore the complete building. On a historical point of view the location at the Piazza della
Basilica is a very strategical one because in the year of 1514 the town of Tirano was allowed to host on the Piazza an annual
176:
in
Valtellina. This way the square of the basilica became notable for both, the religious element of the pilgrimage and the economic element of the trade-fair. Furthermore, a painting from the local painter
153:
in the
Lombardy region (province of Sondrio). It was founded in 1973 thanks to the "Centro Iniziativa Giovanile (C.I.G.)" with the aim to document peasant life and culture of the mountain region of the
398:
158:. The "Centro Iniziativa Giovanile" run the museum until the end of the year 2017, since then the municipality of Tirano took responsibility for the continuation and development of the museum.
238:
in originals and in copy which describe the new life of the emigrants, and generally are a source for communication structures between the new and the old home land.
189:, French clergymen and statesman at the same time. The donation is to consider as a political act with the aim to strengthen the followers of the French party in the
344:
408:
388:
43:
65:
242:
collection of historical prints, outstanding material for studies of the changing in the cultural landscape and settlement of the
403:
393:
317:
36:
30:
383:
47:
269:
305:
198:
186:
168:
281:
194:
231:
257:
181:
sketches a typical but idealized day at this fair-trade in the middle of the 19th century.
293:
221:
377:
178:
173:
234:. Therefore, the collections of the museum contain more than 1.600 letters from
243:
215:
210:
206:
190:
155:
150:
359:
346:
235:
167:
basilica. The collection was moved to its new location as a result of the
336:
Il Museo
Etnografico Tiranese. Guide of the Ethnografic Museum of Tirano.
202:
146:
111:
87:
115:
172:
trade-fair which became quite important during the reign of the
15:
133:
399:
Buildings and structures in the
Province of Sondrio
334:Ciapponi Landi Bruno, Rovaris Mauro, Luca Bonetti,
129:
121:
106:
98:
209:. The cellar houses in particular two historic
110:Piazza Basilica, 30, 23037 Madonna di Tirano.,
8:
78:
86:
77:
66:Learn how and when to remove this message
220:
29:This article includes a list of general
253:
201:. On the second floor of the museum a "
7:
145:(MET) is an ethnographic museum in
125:Municipality of Tirano (since 2018)
230:topic, especially on the issue of
35:it lacks sufficient corresponding
14:
323:"Stua" typical wood panelled room
316:
304:
292:
280:
268:
256:
80:Museo Etnografico Tiranese (MET)
20:
409:Historic house museums in Italy
1:
389:Ethnographic museums in Italy
105:
193:during the conflicts of the
425:
149:, a town in the valley of
143:Museo Etnografico Tiranese
169:Valtellina flood disaster
94:
85:
275:Workshop of a cartwright
187:Cardinal Duke Richelieu
50:more precise citations.
311:17th century vestments
232:emigrants in Australia
226:
360:46.21811°N 10.15464°E
224:
197:, part of the larger
225:Luggage of emigrants
404:Museums in Lombardy
394:Province of Sondrio
356: /
82:
365:46.21811; 10.15464
227:
134:www.museotirano.it
162:Museum collection
139:
138:
76:
75:
68:
416:
384:Museums in Italy
371:
370:
368:
367:
366:
361:
357:
354:
353:
352:
349:
320:
308:
296:
284:
272:
260:
199:Thirty Years War
90:
83:
71:
64:
60:
57:
51:
46:this article by
37:inline citations
24:
23:
16:
424:
423:
419:
418:
417:
415:
414:
413:
374:
373:
364:
362:
358:
355:
350:
347:
345:
343:
342:
331:
324:
321:
312:
309:
300:
297:
288:
285:
276:
273:
264:
261:
252:
164:
81:
72:
61:
55:
52:
42:Please help to
41:
25:
21:
12:
11:
5:
422:
420:
412:
411:
406:
401:
396:
391:
386:
376:
375:
340:
339:
330:
327:
326:
325:
322:
315:
313:
310:
303:
301:
298:
291:
289:
286:
279:
277:
274:
267:
265:
262:
255:
251:
248:
195:Bündner Wirren
163:
160:
137:
136:
131:
127:
126:
123:
119:
118:
108:
104:
103:
100:
96:
95:
92:
91:
79:
74:
73:
28:
26:
19:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
421:
410:
407:
405:
402:
400:
397:
395:
392:
390:
387:
385:
382:
381:
379:
372:
369:
338:Sondrio 1991.
337:
333:
332:
328:
319:
314:
307:
302:
295:
290:
283:
278:
271:
266:
259:
254:
249:
247:
245:
239:
237:
233:
223:
219:
217:
212:
208:
204:
200:
196:
192:
188:
182:
180:
179:Antonio Caimi
175:
174:Three Leagues
170:
161:
159:
157:
152:
148:
144:
135:
132:
128:
124:
120:
117:
113:
109:
101:
97:
93:
89:
84:
70:
67:
59:
49:
45:
39:
38:
32:
27:
18:
17:
341:
335:
240:
228:
211:wine presses
183:
165:
142:
140:
62:
53:
34:
363: /
99:Established
48:introducing
378:Categories
351:10°09′17″E
348:46°13′05″N
329:References
287:Wine press
244:Valtellina
216:Valtellina
207:Valtellina
191:Valtellina
156:Valtellina
151:Valtellina
31:references
299:Hand loom
236:Australia
263:Entrance
107:Location
56:May 2018
250:Gallery
130:Website
44:improve
147:Tirano
112:Tirano
33:, but
122:Owner
116:Italy
203:stüa
141:The
102:1973
380::
246:.
218:.
114:,
69:)
63:(
58:)
54:(
40:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
