Its constitution was proposed on the occasion of the centenary (1971) of the Faculty of Agriculture of Milan and it was promoted by scientists of the four universities of Milan and at first (1979) developed by Giuseppe Frediani;with the assistance of Gaetano Forni;AIMA-UNESCO museologist;who then completed it.With the collaboration of the Centre for Territorial Museology;it is articulated in eco-museum;embracing ten historical farmsteads and fifteen monumental buildings insistent on the territory that extends from Sant'Angelo Lodigiano to San Columban al Lambro.In 2007 he was officially recognized by the Lombardy Region Museum.
The aim of the museum is to make visitors aware of the profound significance of agriculture as a millennial evolution of the symbiosis between man and the environment.It is set according to ethno-historical and archaeological principles;the multiple sections are marked according to the periodization based on the sequence of technological and agricultural revolutions that have characterized the history of agriculture.A large emphasis is given to traditional agriculture Lodi.