Museo dell'Agricoltura (MUSA)

Outside Benevento, on a farmstead at Piano Cappelle, MUSA lines up vintage tractors and farm machines from around the world across ten pavilions, then explains what they changed: the working life, economy and landscape of the Sannio countryside.

Why it matters

MUSA, the museum of agricultural technique and labour, belongs to the provincial museum network. It presents tractors and agricultural equipment from many countries in ten pavilions. The exhibits trace the evolution of engines and mechanisms used in farming, as well as the effects of mechanisation on rural society, economy and culture in the Sannio. The museum also has an open-air arena.

What to notice

The collection spans Italian, European and overseas machines. Reconstructed installations present domestic and agricultural workspaces. Educational films and the multimedia "quadrisfera", a four-sided projection space, narrate changes in the rural landscape. Other material documents traditional life and farming techniques and products that have disappeared or risk disappearing from the Sannio.

Context and history

The museum occupies a restored rural farmstead at Piano Cappelle outside Benevento. It belongs to the Rete Museale della Provincia di Benevento, which also runs the Museo del Sannio, ARCOS and the Rocca dei Rettori. The museum presents the region's agricultural history alongside its machinery and technology.