The Museum;inaugurated in 2000;was initially conceived as a tribute to the winemaking culture of the Castelli Romani territory.However;changes in working needs and the modern production market led to change in form and content:"diffusing" the museum in these particular physical and highly symbolic locations represents an attempt to preserve and give museological substance not only to the permanent collection on display there;but to the building itself.The exhibition itinerary;developed inside three distinct settings;is divided into five thematic areas;resulting in a historical and socio-anthropological reconstruction that makes it possible to follow the passage of the “Frascati” production area from a rural to a preindustrial reality.The exhibition follows the main winemaking chain processes:from cultivation of the grapevine to harvest;from transformation of the grapes to the bottling and selling of the wine;documenting at the same time the material culture of rural Italy over the last 80 years.Parallel to the permanent exhibition spaces;the museum hosts and promotes periodical initiatives linked to the world of wine:meetings of sector experts;courses in enology;food and wine events and exhibitions from other regions or countries.Related activities include photographic and visual arts exhibitions;debates;book presentations;and theatrical and folk music performances.