A unique open-air museum exploring traditional rural life spreads throughout the remote Muggio Valley hidden between Lakes Lugano and Como.
Along with a large museum building packed with fascinating exhibits and artifacts, the Museo Etnografico Valle di Muggio encompasses a water-powered polenta mill, cheesemakers, an open-air village laundry, a chestnut drying shed, and other sights.
Begin in the village of Cabbio, where a large relief map shows the valley and locates attractions that are part of the museum, which stretches for miles and scatters throughout several towns
