Ecomuseum of the Pistoia Mountains
The Ecomuseum, inaugurated in 1990, is a series of six routes in the open air, museums, teaching hubs and historical artifacts whose purpose is to introduce us to the Montagna Pistoiese area through signs which the relationship between humans and the environment have left over centuries of history.
"The history of Italian ecomuseums began with the creation, starting in 1990, of the Ecomuseum of the Pistoia Mountains..."
Proposals for schools
The Ecomuseum promotes educational activities, for schools of all levels, focusing on the energy resources of our mountains and the themes developed by the various itineraries of which it is composed.
The Itineraries
Achilli Palace
Palazzo Achilli, central information point for the Ecomuseo, is named after a rich merchant from Rome, Filippo Achilli, who in the eighteenth century bought the ancient structure, formerly belonging to the Prince of Piombino Ludovico Appiani, then extended and partly restored it.
After renovation work by the Pistoia Provincial Government in 2005, it became a venue for temporary exhibitions to explore various topics related to the history of the Montagna Pistoiese area, organising workshops for adults and children on a regular basis.
On the paths of songs
On the paths of songs
This is an archive of folk songs, recorded between the mid-1950s and the early 2000s, almost exclusively in the Pistoia Apennines. To date (September 2022), the archive contains no. 852 sound documents and is deposited at the headquarters of the Ecomuseo della Montagna Pistoiese, Piazzetta Achilli 7, Gavinana (PT).
Check out theEcomuseum Sound Archive, with over 850 songs from the Pistoia Mountains, ascolect the songs and send any suggestions and reports to update the archive
to the e-mail box sulleviedeicanti@gmail.com.