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Monti Lepini Ethnographic Museum in Roccagorga: the museum that tells the story of an entire community
The EtnoMuseo Monti Lepini is located in Piazza Risorgimento in Roccagorga, in the province of Latina. It is not a museum that displays objects behind glass cases. Here, a community's identity is reconstructed through the voices, stories, and memories of the people who live there, the result of ethnographic research and the direct involvement of Roccagorga's residents.
A museum built with people, not about people
The underlying idea is simple and ambitious. The researchers — Antonio Riccio, Emilio Di Fazio, Donatella Occhiuzzi — listened to what the town’s inhabitants had to say, and interpreted their reflections on their own lives and history. The result is a museum path that documents how feelings, skills, lifestyles, and sense of belonging changed throughout the 20th century. Even when it describes working techniques or displays objects, the heart of the museum points elsewhere: towards the intangible — relationships, narratives and local musical heritage.
The great portrait and temporary exhibitions
In 1992, more than 3,000 people posed together in the town's Baroque square. About 15 years later, the photo was retaken — to record who was still there, who was missing, and what had changed. Exhibitions held include: "Sonore Abilità. Popular Musical Instruments of the Monti Lepini”, and "Chronicles of a Massacre. The Red Easter of Roccagorga in the Press Reports of the Time".
