The Wine Museum (MUVIT) is housed within the Graziani-Baglioni Palace, along the main street of Torgiano, a renowned wine-producing center between Perugia and Assisi. The palace, built in the 17th century, is an important example of an agricultural-gentleman’s house. Summer residence of the Perugian Graziani family, it received its double name in the 19th century following the marriage of Anna Graziani to Pietro Baglioni. Since 1974, it has been the seat of the Wine Museum (MUVIT), conceived and realized on the initiative of Giorgio and Maria Grazia Lungarotti. It stands out from other local museums as it is a private museum with a thematic character, motivated by historical and cultural purposes rather than business interests. The collection is divided into several thematic sections, all focused on wine. Visitors can admire rare and important archaeological finds such as wine amphorae, jugs, and symposium cups, ceramics from the early Middle Ages to contemporary times, engravings, winemaking tools, and, unique of its kind, the collection of wafer irons. Managed by the Lungarotti Foundation, the museum occupies the palace’s rooms formerly used for storing and processing agricultural products. Among the most interesting objects: 16th-century ceramics by Master Giorgio Andreoli, a skilled practitioner of the luster technique; engravings from Mantegna to Picasso; and the 18th-century monumental press known as “Catone,” active until 1973. Inside the museum, special mugs of the “Drink if You Can” type are also on display, linked to the playful and convivial aspect of the banquet: the drinker is challenged to figure out the mechanism allowing access to the wine.
Information about the Torgiano Wine Museum (MUVIT)
Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 31
06089 Torgiano (Perugia)
0759880200
prenotazionimusei@lungarotti.it
https://www.lungarotti.it/fondazione/muvit/
Source: MIBACT
