On the ground floor of a building which was used by the Austrian army as barracks, you’ll find the Museo della Civiltà Solandra (Museum of the Val di Sole Civilization) which was created by the Centro Studi Val di Sole, a cultural association. The museum opened in 1979 and was then enlarged in 1983. It hosts a permanent exhibition of objects that were commonly used in the past. All the tools are divided into different sections: tools used to secure basic necessities (agriculture, dairy production, wood), crafts and trades (carpenters, blacksmiths, coppersmiths, shoemakers).
Two important areas of the traditional Val di Sole house, the kitchen and the bedroom which were called the «stua» have also been reconstructed with great care and attention to details. Of particular interest is the area dedicated to the famous mycologist Giacomo Bresadola (born in 1847 in the small hamlet of Ortisé in Mezzana and then died in Trento in 1929), known as the «mushroom priest».
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At the Museum of Solandra Civilization, you can experience an immersive sound journey. Close your eyes and immerse yourself in a typical festive day of a farming family from Val di Sole in the early 1900s. Through soundtracks placed in different points of the room, you will live a Sunday of that era, from waking up to lunch and a traditional folk song.
The museum experience is fully accessible. At the entrance, there is a station with headphones that allow visually impaired visitors to understand the layout of the internal spaces and the placement of the speakers that reproduce movements and sounds in a surround sound system with sources placed at various points in the environment. The entire museum is also wheelchair accessible, thanks to ramps that allow overcoming internal steps.
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