On Salina island, located in Malfa town, the Aeolian Emigration Museum is dedicated to all the people forced to leave the archipelago during the XIX° and XX° centuries.

The phylloxera epidemic, that hit the grapes at the islands in the spring of 1889, destroyed completely the local economy forcing the people to leave their land.

During the whole XIX° century the population of the island increased very much due to the  thriving commerce of wine and capers. From 1889 to the first world war a drastic depopulation took place.

The museum shows the causes and consequences of this historical event by documents such as travel tickets, insurance policies and letters. The destinations of the emigrants were northern America and Australia.

Address:
Museo dell'emigrazione eoliana
Via Conti - MALFA
Isola di Salina