The museum was born from the union of two collections that in 1973 were exhibited in the nearby Casa Natale di D’Annunzio: one collecting prehistoric and protohistoric materials found in the area at the end of the 1960s, and the other consisting of objects and documents related to the agro-pastoral life of the Abruzzo populations. Today housed in the undemolished part of the fortress of Pescara, where the so-called “Bourbon bath” is still preserved, the museum is divided into numerous rooms that tell the story of the long-lasting traditions and customs connected to the ways of living in these lands throughout the centuries of the region’s history. An ethnographic documentation center with a library and a historical and modern photographic archive, the museum is one of the most lively in Abruzzo.
Information about the Museum of the People of Abruzzo
Via delle Caserme, 24
65127 Pescara (Pescara)
0854510026
museo@gentidabruzzo.it
Source: MIBACT
