Lessinia, a mountainous area in the Upper Veronese region, has been a land of migrations but also rich in traditions. In some villages for example, traces of Cimbrian, a language spoken in the highlands of Veneto and Trentino until the Great War, have been preserved.
The existing museum was renovated with a LAG project and preserves objects and photographic documentation of the activities, customs and traditions of the mountain people: animal husbandry, mountain pasturing, weaving, milk, charcoal and ice production (the area with its Giassare was one of the largest ice producers in Italy).
New is the opening of a temporary exhibition on emigration and “returns,” with a series of events and educational activities for children. The topics covered will be:
- Grandparents’ school
- The processing of wool
- Construction of Games with Poor Materials”
- Conferences on emigration and the possibility of returning
