THROUGHOUT THE YEAR SPECIAL OPENINGS AND GUIDED TOURS ARE POSSIBLE ON REQUEST.
The Leventina Museum invites you to choose:
CLASSIC" VISIT OF THE PERMANENT EXHIBITION
How to tell a culture, define a people, establish who is part of an ethnic group? Who decides? What are the criteria that determine a person's belonging to a certain group?
These questions are the starting point of the visit that will lead to the question whether or not there is a "Levantine identity".
Through the encounter with the people of yesterday and today, the symbols, the ways of life and the history of the Valley each visitor will find his or her own answers to these questions.
Info: 15 people (max.), 1 h approx., CHF 100.- (schools CHF 60.-)
VISIT "THE SOUNDS OF LEVENTINA"
A route to get to know and discover some aspects of the sound identity of the Valley, its history and traditions: the singing of the water of the Ticino river, the sound of the various dialects, the noise of the railway, the cheering in the Valascia.
Info: 15 people (max.), 1 h approx., CHF 100.- (schools CHF 60.-)
VINTAGE POSTBUS TRIP
On request, the Leventina Museum organizes guided tours with the vintage Postbus.
Info: costs and further information by contacting us on 091 864 25 22, or by writing to [email protected].
VIRTUAL VISIT THROUGH THE VIEWING OF ARCHIVE FILMS OF THE "TOTEM LEVENTINA"
On request, the museum staff will prepare a thematic presentation through a selection of films and listenings from the archives of the Radiotelevisione della Svizzera Italiana.
The contents of the "Totem Leventina" are divided into the following themes:
- Protagonists: Alina Borioli, Fotografi Borelli, Enrico Celio, Nello Celio, Doris De Agostini, Michela Figini, Stefano Franscini, HCAP, Giorgio Orelli, Giovanni Orelli, Giuseppe Motta.
- Collective identity and rituals: Religious celebrations, Events, Traditions, Tragedies in collective memory, Fairs and markets, Flavours
- Cultural heritage: Leventina Museum, Gotthard Museum, Airolo Fortress Museum, Sasso San Gottardo, Gotthard Fortress Museum, Infocentro AlpTransit, Private Collections, Historical Monuments, Dialetto
- The others and the elsewhere: Stories of emigration, Foreigners in Leventina The way of the people: Paths and mule tracks, Yesterday's and today's traffic, Gotthard Pass, Gotthard Railway, Gotthard Road Tunnel, The motorway in Leventina, AlpTransit Exploitation and resources of the territory: Agropastoral sector, Hydroelectric energy, Leventinesi industries, Monteforno, Tourism, Military life
- Living the territory: Excursions in the nature, Trips and holidays in Leventina
Info: 15 persons (max.), 1 h approx., CHF 100 (schools CHF 60.)
TOUR OF GIORNICO
Giornico is a small village with a great wealth of historical monuments. We propose themed visits, on one or more topics, which can be agreed directly with the guide: the churches, the tower of Atto (9th century), the bridges, the old houses, the monument of the battle of the Sassi Grossi (1478), the old arsenal, the island on the river, the grottoes and the vineyards.
Info: 25 persons (max.), 1 h approx., CHF 100 (schools CHF 60.)
FAIDO BELLE ÉPOQUE
During the Belle époque period (1896-1914) Faido became the third largest tourist centre in the Canton. Tourists who, thanks to the construction of the Gotthard railway line, were able to stay in Faido, mainly belonged to the upper middle class and the Milanese nobility.
Starting from the old hotels and villas dating back to that prosperous period, the route winds through the streets of the village or along the panoramic "sentiero dei lazzaroni", frequented by tourists of that time.
Info: 25 people (max.), 1 h approx., CHF 120 (schools CHF 80). It is possible to arrange personalised routes of different lengths according to the participants' needs.
TREASURE HUNT (GIORNICO OR CHIGGIOGNA)
The treasure hunt is an amusing opportunity to take a walk to discover the historical and artistic heritage of the village, enhancing the territory and the objects in the collection of the Museum of Leventina thanks to the support of new technologies. The treasure hunt takes place in teams of investigators who, with the help of smartphones, hunt for virtual clues scattered throughout the village. Those who find the treasure will receive a prize.
Info: duration approx. 2 hours, CHF 150 (schools CHF 100)
PERSONALIZED VISIT
All the proposals mentioned are modular and can be adapted to different ages and audiences.
All visits can also be made in German, French, English, Spanish and Portuguese.
