Museo Ladin de Fascia - Ladin Museum in Fassa - Trentino

Discover the history of Ladin culture of the Val di Fassa at the Museo Ladin de Fascia, a museum with different branches in several villages of the valley

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The entrance of the Museo Ladin de Fascia, the Ladin Museum in San Giovanni di Fassa.
Foto: © Archivio Fotografico dell’Istituto Culturale Ladino “majon di fascegn” – Sèn Jan, Vich/San Giovanni di Fassa (TN)
The exhibition is organised into themes and features a multimedia tour with information panels and films in different languages - here the “Sowing and Ploughing” section with ancient tools.
Foto: © Archivio Fotografico dell’Istituto Culturale Ladino “majon di fascegn” – Sèn Jan, Vich/San Giovanni di Fassa (TN)
The exhibition also deals with the evolution of the people’s religious life over the centuries.
Foto: © Archivio Fotografico dell’Istituto Culturale Ladino “majon di fascegn” – Sèn Jan, Vich/San Giovanni di Fassa (TN)
Masks and traditional costumes are displayed in the area dedicated to carnival.
Foto: © Archivio Fotografico dell’Istituto Culturale Ladino “majon di fascegn” – Sèn Jan, Vich/San Giovanni di Fassa (TN)
The “Stua”, as the “Stube” is called, was an important and typical room of every Fassan farmhouse: it was equipped with a stove and used as a living room and gathering spot.
Foto: © Archivio Fotografico dell’Istituto Culturale Ladino “majon di fascegn” – Sèn Jan, Vich/San Giovanni di Fassa (TN)
One section is devoted to the tragic war of more than a century ago.
Foto: © Archivio Fotografico dell’Istituto Culturale Ladino “majon di fascegn” – Sèn Jan, Vich/San Giovanni di Fassa (TN)

The Museo Ladin de Fascia in San Giovanni in the Val di Fassa (Sèn Jan di Fassa in Ladin), was inaugurated in 2001 and is the seat of the project "Museo sul territorio" (regional museum) which includes several branches in different villages of the valley. In the museum of San Giovanni you can admire some special ethnic collections on the Ladin culture of the Val di Fassa. The multimedia tour composed of 17 information boards and 74 films with subtitles in different languages, retraces the history of this place from prehistoric times until the present day.

If you are into Ladin culture we recommend visiting also the other branches of the Museo Ladin de Fascia where you can discover more on the interesting history and culture of the Ladin population. The exhibition paths were set up in places which perfectly represent the valley's cultural heritage. Some of those exposition sites are the "Sia", a Venetian sawmill in the village of Penia, the "Molin the Pèzol", the mill in Pera and the casino of Bersaglio in Campitello di Fassa. This temporary exhibition route also includes the 1914-1918 "la Gran Vera" la Grande Guerra: Galizia, Dolomiti, an exposition dedicated to the Ladin people's lives during World War 1.