Museo etnografico del Friuli, Ethnographic museum in Udine, Italy

The Museo etnografico del Friuli is an ethnographic museum housed in a 16th-century palace in central Udine. The exhibition spreads across three floors and displays everyday objects, clothing, tools, and religious items that document how people lived in the region from the 1700s to the 1900s.

The Palazzo Giacomelli was built in the 16th century and housed wealthy families before being purchased by collector Sante Giacomelli in 1900. The museum opened its doors in 2010 with a collection drawn mainly from donations by local people such as Gaetano Perusini.

The museum displays how people shaped their daily lives through crafts, music, and clothing in this region. You can see traditional costumes with symbolic patterns, old musical instruments still played at local festivals, and objects reflecting religious practices and community celebrations.

The museum is located in central Udine and is easy to reach on foot. It opens daily except Tuesday from morning until early evening, and visitors can explore it at their own pace or join guided tours.

The museum's collection comes largely from two private holdings: the Perusini collection of Gaetano Perusini and Lea D'Orlandi, who studied Friulian costume and the history of traditional dress, and the Luigi and Andreina Ciceri collection, covering traditional music, games, popular medicine and pharmacopoeia, and furniture. A room is devoted to Borgo Grazzano, known as Borg dai crotars, with the rogge of Udine and the church of San Giorgio Maggiore.