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THE FESTIVAL. MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATIONS AND TRADITIONS OF ROME
| by Susanna Cati | The Museum of Civilizations, located in the EUR district of Rome in two symmetrical buildings—Il Palazzo delle Scienze and Il Museo delle Civiltà e delle Tradizioni—is a complex institution. The museum itinerary of the Palazzo delle Arti e Tradizioni Popolari Italiane is currently divided into three interconnected thematic sections. The first section describes various religious ceremonies and includes scale models of shoulder-borne processional structures or their original monumental versions. Next are the rooms dedicated to transport, festivals, games, and open-air performances. The second section displays everything related to domestic living, while the third explores various trades, from craftsmanship to maritime, agricultural, and pastoral work. Visiting…
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ENCHANTING. ISRE MUSEUM OF COSTUME IN NUORO
| by Susanna Cati | Is there a place where ‘material and immaterial’ traditions and modern history of an enire people converge into a single environment? There is, and it’s in Nuoro, in Sardinia, in a complex of buildings that houses the Museum of Life and Popular Sardinian Traditions, previously known as ISRE (Institute for Regional Ethnographic Studies), the most comprehensive ethnographic exhibition on the island. Built in the 1950s, after a major thematic revision and expansion works for structural and exhibition improvements, the Museum of Costume reopened to the public on December 19, 2015. This extraordinary cultural experience is divided into ten thematic rooms, offering a complete view of…
