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Top Local history museum in Matera

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4 Listed places

4.8 average across 4 rated listings

Recinto Cavone • Vico I Casalnuovo • Via S. Giovanni Vecchio

Paid ticketed entry; current fares and online tickets on the FAI website – Paid guided admission; current rates are provided directly during reservation.

Popular Neighborhoods:

Recinto Cavone Vico I Casalnuovo Via S. Giovanni Vecchio Via San Biagio

#1 4.6 (1,270) Attractions

Casa Noha

Recinto Cavone

Famous for: A sixteenth-century tufa house where a 4K immersive film narrated by Lella Costa tells the history of Matera and the Sassi

Casa Noha is a 16th-century tufa house in Matera's Civita, home to a 4K immersive film on the Sassi, near the Cathedral…

History Buffs First-Time Visitors Families with Older Kids

#2 4.8 (207) Attractions

Laboratory Museum of Rural Life

Via S. Giovanni Vecchio

Famous for: Preserving southern Italy's peasant farming tools, artisan trades and cave-home life inside a 16th-century vaulted hall in the Sassi of Matera

Explore a 16th-century vaulted hall and cave rooms in Matera's Sassi, where 30 rooms preserve southern Italy's peasant trades, tools and domestic…

History Buffs Culture Seekers Families

#3 4.9 (172) Attractions

MOOM / Matera Olive Oil Museum

Vico I Casalnuovo

Famous for: A restored underground Sassi olive press with original stone mill wheels and wooden pressing machinery.

Explore Matera’s underground olive press at MOOM, a 30-minute guided visit through stone mills, wooden presses and Sassi oil-making history in Vico…

Foodies History Buffs Architecture Enthusiasts

#4 4.8 (52) Cultural landmark

MUST – Matera Underground Stories and Traditions

Via San Biagio

Famous for: Four connected hypogea surrounding a sunken courtyard reveal Matera’s underground architecture and former working spaces.

Explore MUST in Matera: four underground spaces and a sunken courtyard reveal the city's rock-cut history near Piazza Vittorio Veneto and the…

Local history enthusiasts Architecture enthusiasts Underground heritage explorers

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Areas recorded in the listings

Recinto Cavone: Check the listed addresses and travel time from your base when grouping visits in this area.
Vico I Casalnuovo: Check the listed addresses and travel time from your base when grouping visits in this area.
Via S. Giovanni Vecchio: Check the listed addresses and travel time from your base when grouping visits in this area.
Via San Biagio: Check the listed addresses and travel time from your base when grouping visits in this area.

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