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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…