THE MUSEUM
WELCOME IN THE TRUFFLE MUSEUM OF THE SAMMINIATESI HILLS
THE MUSEUM
The Truffle Museum of the Samminiatesi Hills retraces the story of the land where the largest truffles in the world are born. Those who visit the Museum will learn the stories of the families who started this tradition and the fruits of this precious ecosystem.
The extraordinary productivity of the Samminiatesi Hills has made San Miniato a production and commercial hub, so much so that it was the third city, after Alba and Acqualagna, to host a White Truffle Exhibition.
The extraordinary productivity of the Samminiatesi Hills has made San Miniato a production and commercial hub, so much so that it was the third city, after Alba and Acqualagna, to host a White Truffle Exhibition.
DISCOVER THE MUSEUM
DISCOVER THE MUSEUM
The Museum displays faithful reproductions of record truffles, starting from the legendary truffle of 1954 found by Bego Gallerini and his dog Parigi, which weighed 2,520 g. As well as the historical belongings of local families of San Miniato, for example, the “Stadera” a lever scale used to weigh truffles, or the truffle hunter's spade used to dig the soil.
MuTart thus brings the tradition in the city on an imaginary journey.
MuTart thus brings the tradition in the city on an imaginary journey.
INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE
The MuTart testifies, in its small urban forest, the intelligence, the intuitions, the ability to grasp even the slightest signs of nature, and the ancient and ever-renewed gestures of searching and extracting truffles.
Walk into the immersive room and pick up one at a time the objects you find in the living forest: the truffle hunter, the diary, the spade, the dog, and the leaf.
They will tell you unexpected stories in a suggestive atmosphere surrounded by living plants.
