Istituted in 1974 as the Museum of Romagna Peasant Civilization, it owes its origin to the deposit made by the local artist Mario Bocchini of a large collection of ethnographic materials, later acquired by the municipal administration of Cesena, arranged inside the Torrione Femmina of the Rocca Malatestiana. Until the mid-1980s, the museum preserved the initial setup in a reconstructive form of places and functions of peasant work, largely reflecting the cultural orientations of the Cesena collector. It then began a general reorganization of the various collections aimed at representing, also with appropriate educational supports, the different production cycles such as those of wheat, corn, hemp. The permanent exhibition on the vine and wine, located on the top floor of the tower, is particularly effective. The museum’s collection, supplemented by donations from local collectors, consists of more than two thousand objects mostly coming from the territory of Cesena and other areas of Romagna, chronologically attributable to the late last century and the first half of the twentieth century. Among the most interesting old ‘pieces’ are a Roman-era stone grain thresher and an eighteenth-century grape press, as well as votive ceramics from the seventeenth century to the last century. Worth noting is the exhibition of images, drawings, paintings, and photographs.
Information about the Museum of Agricultural History
Via Ordelaffi, 8,
47521 Cesena (Forlì-Cesena)
0547355727
iat@comune.cesena.fc.it
https://www.cesenacultura.it
Source: MIBACT
