The small MAM, Museum of Arts and Professions, was born thanks to the cooperation between Fondazione Sorrento and Sorrento Coast Experience, an association of touristic promotion.
It’s a project to increase the value of the ancient professions and the authentic handicrafts of Sorrento Peninsula.
It is located in the garden behind Villa Fiorentino, on the first floor of the Farmhouse, that was the farmer’s house.
Together with Fiorentino family, the latter had to preserve and guarantee the production of the villa.
After walking through the stunning Camellia Garden, you will see the orchard. Most of the trees there are orange trees, lemons, walnuts and medlars; typical of Sorrento landscape.
The rooms of the museum
Here there are other rooms of the museum: it has a first outdoor space with a cart and farming tools on the left.
Next to it there is the wood oven, visible in its original aspect, a bathroom and the following room for storing wine in barrels.
The producing room
The following rooms are a real showcases for the handicraft production of Sorrento.
First of all, “the producing room” which, in cooperation with local companies, hosts a fitting of typical products such as limoncello, nocillo liqueur, walnuts and honey, symbols of Sorrento culinary tradition.
In fact, still today, culinary art and handicrafts are the emblem of Sorrento, known for the Inlaid Wood art, the scent of citrus fruits and for local delicacies.
The artists room
The second one is the “Artists’ Room” where their artworks are exhibited, including ceramics and jewels.
The fabrics exposed are exceptional too, born as the result of daily demands, such as the linen of “Positano style” coming from the material used for the boat sails.
So, the work really becomes custom-made art, transforming the fibre into clothes that are appreciated all over the world for their uniqueness.
Villa Fiorentino and the Fondazione Sorrento host this treasure of Sorrento handicraft which, in all its authenticity, allows the guests to lose themselves in the past while remaining in the present.