The Moom, Museum of Olive Oil of Matera, was born in the spaces of an oil mill of the sixteenth century, originally a cave dug into the tufa rock, later enlarged to allow the increase of the rooms. During the works, several curious discoveries emerged: the stones used as the bases of the presses, the nine tanks communicating with each other and the small bridge in tuff to access the mill. At the entrance of the area that was intended for the oil mill, then, were found paintings of the late eighteenth century made on a plaster already dry, kept in good condition thanks to the darkness that prevented the growth of microflora.
