Sardinian Ethnographic Museum

The Sardinian Ethnographic Museum (Italian: Istituto Etnografico della Sardegna), is an ethnographic museum in Nuoro, Sardinia. Its goal is to display the traditional life of the island's people.[2]

Sardinian Ethnographic Museum
Instituto Etnografico della Sardegna
Location within Sardinia
Established1976 (1976)
LocationVia Antonio Mereu, 08100 Nuoro, Italy
Coordinates40.3169°N 9.3355°E / 40.3169; 9.3355
TypeEthnographic museum
Collection size8,000
Visitors28,000 per year[1]
WebsiteISRE

History

The museum building was built between the 1950s and the 1960s on the it:Colle di Sant'Onofrio, designed by architect it:Antonio Simon Mossa to resemble an imaginary Sardinian village.[2]

Collection

The museum exhibits show all aspects of the material culture of the traditional Sardinian including clothes, jewels, weapons, masks, traditional musical instruments, work and domestic tools. The collection includes over 8000 items, most of them belonging to the period between the end of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century.[3]

Included in the collection are traditional male and female outfits, around 80 in total; each of them representing a different village in Sardinia. These outfits are authentic and were in everyday use until they were acquired by the museum.

Notes
  1. Paolo Merlini (12 August 2014). "Annuncio choc del presidente: il museo etnografico chiude". Lanuovasardegna.gelocal.it. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  2. "Museo Etnografico Sardo". Isresardegna.it. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  3. "Museo della vita e delle tradizioni popolari sarde". Beniculturali.it. Retrieved July 26, 2016.

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