A few kilometres from Palazzolo, perched on a hill sits Buscemi hosting a unique and interesting museum, “I Luoghi del Lavoro Contadino” โ โThe Farm Labourers Museumโ, whose 8 show rooms are scattered throughout the city centre. The museum is a private structure, made and run by volunteers, intending to present the Buscemese culture with didactic purposes and social development. These attest to the many cultural initiatives such as the involvement of young people in order to stimulate and inspire them to have awareness of the economic potential that can result from proper use of the cultural patrimony and environment.
You will be guided through various workshops, that of the blacksmith, the shoemaker, the carpenter, the โpalmentoโ where crushing of grapes took place and the oil mill, where Gabriele Lavia set scenes from the film “La lupa”. This continues into the “casa massaru ro”, a typical house from the area of the small landowner, an expression of the middle classes of eastern Sicily. The inside consists of four compartments; the entrance, kitchen (where a stone hearth is preserved), the weaving room (where itโs possible to assist with the processing cycle using the loom) and the bedroom with a large double bed and a peculiar cradle hanging from the ceiling, the clothes and the equipment brought in dowry by the bride.
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