Museum of Peasant Civilization “Papale”

On the outskirts of Pulsano, not far from the Church of the Santissimo Crocifisso, a recently restored 19th-century building houses the collection of the Museum of Peasant Civilization “Papale”. The museum’s name derives from the area known as “Di Papale”, on the border with the municipalities of Leporano and the Administrative Island of Taranto.\n\nThe exhibition and setup were promoted and realized by members of the cultural association La Ngegna, who involved the entire community in the collection of materials now on display in the museum.\n\nThe extensive collection work has produced a collection of over 600 objects belonging to various categories and different eras, all united by their belonging to a historical period not too distant in which agriculture played a predominant role in the local economy.\n\nThe rooms are located on the ground floor of a 19th-century rural building and host the different sections, ranging from agricultural productions to reconstructions of typical environments with traditional clothing of peasants from the past.