Level -1
The workshop and the modern collection
The modern collection presents inlaid objects and furniture with decorative themes linked to contemporary culture, alongside the active workshop where tradition continues to be practiced and passed on.
The museum
Collections, research, and memory of Sorrento inlay in the historic center.
About us / Museum
The museum
Founded in 1999 in the heart of Sorrento’s historic center, the Museum-Workshop of Inlaid Wood (MUTA) is housed in the historic Palazzo Pomarici Santomasi. The museum was created with a dual vocation, captured in its name: to preserve the memory of Sorrento wood inlay and promote its evolution through a workshop that is still active today, where tradition meets contemporary design.
The exhibition route
Ground floor
The shop
A selection of pieces made in the internal workshop and in local craft studios, together with publications issued by the museum.
First floor
Sorrento and its world
The historical narrative begins with the landscape of Sorrento and Grand Tour travelers, which frame the birth and development of the local tradition. It continues with sections on techniques and materials, the evolution of inlay from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century, and citrus cultivation as a founding element of Sorrento’s economy and identity.
Second floor
Design and the School of Arts
This level explores the School of Arts' role in training generations of craftsmen, the design of Sorrento furniture, and the recurring decorative themes that defined its language.
Third floor
The great masters
The museum closes with the room dedicated to the great nineteenth-century Sorrento inlay masters - Luigi Gargiulo, Michele Grandville, Giuseppe Gargiulo, and Antonino Damora - whose works represent the peak of this tradition.