Museums in the network
Distinct collections, deep-rooted communities, facets of a solid identity, “Sarditudine”. Look at the map to find out where the museums are located, or scroll down the page and discover them one by one: each houses and displays fragments of Sardinian tradition.
Museo Antonio Corda
Arti e Mestieri Antichi della Sardegna
Via Giardini, 1, 09031 Arbus VS
Museo delle Maschere Mediterranee
Piazza Europa, 15, 08024 Mamoiada NU
Museo della Cultura e del Lavoro
Via Sardegna, 17, 08024 Mamoiada NU
Museo del Coltello Sardo
Via Roma, 15, 09031 Arbus VS
Museo Etnografico Galluras
La casa della Femina Agabbadòra
Via Nazionale, n°35, 07025 Luras OT
Museo della tecnologia contadina
Maestro Francesco Salis
Via Deodato Meloni, 1, 09075 Santu Lussurgiu OR
Summary Tabs
Museo Antonio Corda – Arti e mestieri antichi della Sardegna · Arbus (SU)
More than 2,500 objects tell the story of over fifty traditional and modern trades from across the island, some long gone, others still thriving. Tools, implements, furnishings and household linens dating from the 18th century to the early 20th century.
What makes it special: the working life and traditions of Sardinia brought together in a single collection.
Museo del coltello sardo · Arbus (SU)
The history of Sardinian cutlery, kept by the Pusceddu family in an eighteenth-century building. Finds ranging from sixteenth-century knives to contemporary artisanal works, with the workshop still active.
What makes it special: the centuries-old tradition of tempered steel is forged before the eyes of visitors.
Museo delle maschere mediterranee · Mamoiada (NU)
The ancient carnival traditions of Barbagia — Mamoiada, Ottana, Orotelli — put in dialogue with those of Greece, Spain, Croatia, Portugal. Dioramas, video projections, costumes and multimedia experiences.
What makes it special: the largest exhibition dedicated to a cultural phenomenon, that of Sardinian carnivals, with broad social implications, ancient and mysterious origins, and a heartfelt and pervasive actual relevance.
Museo della cultura e del lavoro · Mamoiada (NU)
The self-sufficiency of isolated communities in meeting all the needs for goods for the subsistence of families and the rural village has induced creativity and productive skills to manufacture many extraordinary objects that are still passed down in Mamoiada today.
What makes it special: costumes, jewelry, tools, and fabrics tell the story of the social and productive organization of an agro-pastoral community, with firsthand accounts from artisans.
Museo della tecnologia contadina · Santu Lussurgiu (OR)
Over 2,000 work tools and everyday objects, collected exclusively by families in the village and displayed in a manor house in the ‘700.
What makes it special: born in 1976 from the passion of maestro Francesco Salis, a local elementary school teacher, to preserve and disseminate knowledge while paying homage to his community.
Museo etnografico Galluras – "La casa della Femina Agabbadòra" · Luras (SS)
A journey into the popular culture of Gallura, among symbols and rites that make you reflect on the relationship between life and death in the popular piety of a rural community.
What makes it special: the hammer of Femina Agabbadòra, a forked branch of olive tree, an instrument of the female character who, according to a tradition that has become legend and literature, put an end to the suffering of those in agony.
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"Vengo da un’isola che confina
a nord con il cielo,
a sud con il mare,
a est con l’alba
e a ovest col tramonto."
Andrea Melis
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