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The day labourer’s house is a poorly furnished space of 12 sq m (130 sq ft). It was inhabited by six people until the 1960s, illustrating social conditions of the Sicilian countryside.
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The peasant farmer’s home has a kitchen complete with wood-burning stove.
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Among the exhibits of Sicilian tradition here are puppets, decorated carts and work room and living quarters of a peasant home (see Casa-Museo di Antonino Uccello, Palazzolo Acreide).
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The centre preserves 120 hours of film and 6,000 prints documenting work in the fields and agricultural life.
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This tiny village is now a living museum, where eight work rooms and living spaces have been faithfully preserved. They include the home of a peasant farmer, a smithy, olive press and a mill.
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An antique water-powered grain mill has been restored and put back into action, complete with the mill stones that grind wheat into flour for bread and pasta.
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Here, rooms from a peasant’s home, artisans’ workshops and laboratories are faithfully recreated. See typical workshops of the blacksmith, basketmaker, shoemaker, cartmaker, and a complete pastry workshop with original utensils.
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The grape press here has intricate workings handmade in wood and stone.
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The olive press is housed in a space hewn out of the rock.
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Materials here have been collected from masserie (farmer’s homes) throughout the Iblean countryside. They include mills for wheat and olives, looms and a large collection of handmade tools.
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