The thematic section “The Horse and Man” of the Blera Civic Museum “Gustavo VI Adolf of Sweden,” inaugurated in 2002, was born from an interdisciplinary collaboration between archaeologists and cultural anthropologists with the intention to document, preserve, and enhance a special relationship, that between man and horse, which historically characterizes the cultural area of the Maremma Laziale. The museographic project aims not only at the conservation and safeguarding of a cultural heritage but especially at communicating to visitors engaging customs, habits, and experiences. Alongside traditional informational means such as panels, objects, and captions, there is extensive use of audiovisuals, dioramas, ambient sound diffusion, and direct contact with the represented historical-cultural reality. The museum structure is divided into two sections: one dedicated to the man-horse relationship in prehistory and protohistory; the other, on the lower level and in an open area, reserved for the modern and contemporary age, exploring the folkloric aspects of Maremma and the Roman Countryside.
Information about Gustavo VI Adolf of Sweden Museum
Via Umberto I,
01010 Blera (Viterbo)
0761471057
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