The Museum of Mediterranean Patterns is a heterogeneous and multicultural place, a blend of cultures and ideas rich in treasures, artifacts, and extraordinary works. Born and sponsored by the Orestiadi Foundation, the museum is located within the Baglio Di Stefano in Gibellina and aims to protect and safeguard the cultural heritage of the region. It is no coincidence that this museum is located in Western Sicily, a land that has always been a stage for intercultural dialogue in the Mediterranean.
Established in 1996 thanks to the donation of the founder and former mayor Ludovico Corrao, the museum preserves the traces of a distant history, reconnecting with common roots with the Greeks and the Middle East.
In its rooms, memories of the past blend with the creativity of the contemporary, without hierarchies between major and minor arts.
In a mixture of artistic languages, everyday objects and artifacts characterized by decorations of a still primitive style are placed on the same level, alternating with the contemporary works of artists who contributed to the reconstruction of Gibellina after the tragic earthquake in the Belice Valley in 1968.
Therefore, Arnaldo Pomodoro’s ingenious machines, Mimmo Paladino’s ‘Salt Mountain’ used as a set design for the 1990 Orestiadi, together with Emilio Isgrò’s 1982 set design, are just a foretaste of how the present is in continuous dialogue with Arab motifs and geometries, but also with sculptures, paintings, terracottas, tapestries and jewellery from different eras.
A comparative reading of artistic and cultural diversity that continues to expand humanity’s great store of knowledge and culture.
More information here
https://www.fondazioneorestiadi.it/museo/
Opening Hours
Tue-Sun
9:00-13:00 – 15:00-18:00
Every first Sunday of the month, as established by the Regional Department of Cultural Heritage and Sicilian Identity and in line with the provisions of the Ministry of Culture, the museums are open and admission is free.
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- Nearby
- Not to be missed
- Gibellina
