The first international knife museum
in Italy.

What you will see

A history of knife-making,
told through the pieces.

Culter, from the Latin, is simply 'knife' — a universal tool in every age and every place, forever changing across its many forms: from the stone blade of the Neolithic to the artistic shapes of our own day.

Culter is also culture, a reminder of that universal quality the knife itself gives off, as a symbol of the evolution of humankind.

The idea of the Museo Culter took shape over the years: from the very beginning of their work, Maria Rosaria and Salvatore took part in trade shows and exhibitions across Europe, meeting artisans and different worlds, sharing their passion for the knife and beginning to collect knives to display — to give value to others' work and to champion the knife in all its forms. In 2011, after years of work and research, the Museum was born: a singular, original journey, a direct dialogue between Pattada and the rest of the world, between ancient and modern, between what has been and what is — with a glance, too, at the shapes and ways of making to come.

The museum unfolds in four sections: the Giagu production workshop; the Giagu display, with every piece currently in production; the contemporary section, with knives from the five continents; and the historical section, with the ancient artefacts of Pattada and Sardinia from the 1700s onward.