The Marco Scacchi Museum of Gallese is located in the former convent of Santa Chiara, and shows the history of the city and its territory from an artistic point of view, both ethnographic and environmental.
The museum is dedicated to Marco Scacchi, an illustrious Gallese musician of the seventeenth century. The organisation hosts conferences, festivals and is the cultural reference of the town.
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The Museum of Popular Traditions of Canepina is divided into twenty sections that show the tools and tell the story of the farmers, crafts in the town and countryside and the lives of women and families.
During the refurbishment several frescoes emerged that had decorated the cloister, the hall on the ground floor and the staircase walls. The cycle of paintings dates back to the period between 1610 and 1627 and was performed by three masters of the school of Giuseppe Sebastiani from Macerata, who at the time worked for the Cardinal Odoardo Farnese Palace in Caprarola.
According to the dictates of the Council of Trento (1545 - 1563) all the monastic cloisters and monasteries had to be painted with the stories of the most representative of their holy orders. Other paintings emerged from the mid-1700s by the Viterbo Domenico Corvi.
The Museum is housed in the convent adjoining the church of Saint Michael Archangel.
The Museum of Rural Life and the Olive Tree in Pastena is located along 13 rooms in the basement of the town hall, in a century old building. It collects the material evidence of ancient Pastena farm life.
The section about the olive tree with an old olive mill, and all the equipment for processing and the production of oil is of great importance.
The exhibits are the property of the citizens who helped set up the museum with their love and dedication.
The Museum of Peasant and Popular Culture of Anguillara Sabazia is in the medieval tower.
It is dedicated to "Augusto Montori" and is located in the Torrione Orsini.
There are exhibited work tools, tools, machinery and documents on the history and daily life of Anguillara Sabazia.
In one of the rooms a period kitchen has been rebuilt with household items.
A particular space is dedicated to religious celebrations and to the two historic brotherhoods of Anguillara.
The cloister of Saint Francis in Leonessa is one of the social and cultural centres of the village. Under its porticos is a section devoted to the testimonies from the lives of the people of the high plateau of Leonessa: agricultural tools and testimonies of the life of the past.
The portico of the Monastery of St Francis is enriched with frescoes that tell the life of St. Francis, while the marble columns have different sculptures and styles. This setting is ideal for modern art and the cloister hosts exhibitions of local and established artists as well as a season of concerts in the summer.
The museum of Country Life is located inside the Baron's Palace of Gavignano, in the basement and shows evidence of local traditions.
it includes agricultural work tools for the processing of wine and oil and managing livestock.
A typical farm house has been rebuilt and areas are dedicated to old crafts like cobblers, blacksmiths and other rural craftsmen.
The Museum of Peasant Life of Cave is housed in the basements of the former convent of the church of Santo Stefano, which now houses the offices of the municipality.
The premises are close to those where the Monumental Nativity scene of the Ferri Museum is displayed.
Museum halls show a collection of tools used by peasants before mechanization, and those used for baking and transforming agricultural productions.
Thanks to the rediscovery of the traditions of the past, an ancient mulberry cultivation was rebuilt in Cave with the silkworm rearing for silk production.
The Museum of Peasant Civilization is located in the historic centre of Trivigliano.
It includes a collection of objects and tools that until recently were used by farmers and labourers in their daily work particularly in the fields and stables.
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