| Sicilian Ethnographic Museum Giuseppe Pitrè | |
| Established: | 1909 |
| Collections: | Culture, local, artistry, library |
| Location: | Viale Duca degli Abruzzi, 1 Via delle Pergole, 74 Palermo, Sicily, Italy |
| Type: | Ethnographic museum |
The Sicilian Ethnographic Museum Giuseppe Pitrè (Italian: Museo Etnografico Siciliano Giuseppe Pitrè) is a museum in Palermo, Italy.[1]
The museum has two locations: the main part is located in one of the Palazzina Cinese's guesthouse, inside La Favorita Park, and another is in the Albergaria quarter, within the historic centre of Palermo.
The museum was founded by the scholar Giuseppe Pitrè in 1909 and is named after him. It houses a rich library containing more than 30,000 volumes and provides many types of documentation about Sicilian culture, traditions and folklore.
The costume section opens with men's clothes. The most primitive is that of shepherds consisting of a jacket and breeches (Italian: vrachi) formed with goat skins. Animal skin also the pocket, carried crossbody, where wine and food were placed, and the typical footwear, the Italian: pilu scarpi. Various models of festive costume, of which the breeches (càusi), the waistcoat (
On display in the museum are disparate simple women's costumes for fabrics and cutting, sumptuous for brocades and sewers. Those of the peasants were usually composed of a cotton bust (dispersals), the petti coat (Italian: baschina) and an apron (Italian: falaro).