AudioZoom® by eArs5th HallAll parts of hemp were used. The leaves served as bedding for cows, sheep and goats, the seeds were kept for planting for the following year. The stems were used to light fires and the raw outer fibre was used to make ropes and animal harnesses.Subjected with great skill to various processes, the scutched fibre was transformed into textiles from which sheets, personal and household linen, grain sacks and even ceremonial robes for religious functions were made.Women played a fundamental role in the cultivation and processing of hemp, from sowing to spinning and the production of fine linens embellished with embroidery and pleating that made them absolutely unique.The various processing stages are explained through the display of tools, such as combs with iron teeth of various sizes, spools, spindles and brass tips. Panels describe the actual techniques and give us a picture of the society that revolved around these activities.The Museum is completed by the Hemp and Weaving Trail in the San Michele valley: the circular trail, furnished with explanatory panels, marks the stages of the typical places of manufacture, including the ‘Batou’, the beater mill with a horizontal internal wheel in the Rabiera district.

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