Tante Care Cose: the flea market and vintage treasures at Casa Macchi in Morazzone (VA) is back, organized by the FAI – Fondo per l’Ambiente Italiano.

The event will take place on November 22 and 23, 2025, from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM, offering visitors a wide selection of furniture, prints, porcelain, ceramics, glassware, magazines, postcards, vintage toys, and other collectibles.

For this second edition (with two more planned in September and November), the exhibition area will expand to host an even larger number of local flea market sellers, brocantes, and antique dealers. The FAI will also present a selection of objects and furnishings from its archives that are not intended for display in its properties: cherished, lived-in items ready to find a second life and a new home. Objects are more than mere things—they absorb the spirit of the places they come from and carry stories and atmospheres.

The initiative is part of FAI’s efforts to promote sustainability and preserve cultural memory through the reuse of everyday objects.

Visitors will also enjoy seasonal food and drinks, from breakfast to aperitivo, along with music, roasted chestnuts, and mulled wine, making the market experience even more delightful.

PROGRAM

• Standard Guided Tour of Casa Macchi – 10:30, 11:30, 12:00, 12:30, 14:00, 14:30, 15:30, 16:30
  A one-hour guided tour through the rooms of Casa Macchi, exploring its history, furnishings, and the people who lived there. Wardrobes, cupboards, and desks open to reveal the daily life, tastes, and routines of a bourgeois household between the 19th and 20th centuries.

• Stories of Houses and Things | Narrative Tour – 11:00 & 15:00
  A unique one-hour performance will bring to life the history of the house through its everyday objects, uncovering key traces of family life: domestic rituals marking the seasons, leisure activities, literary passions, musical education, home cooking, and period fashion. From the atmosphere of the home to the stories of its inhabitants.
  A project by the course History and Stories of the Contemporary World, Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, University of Insubria, Varese, in collaboration with CUT Insubria – Centro Universitario Teatrale Insubria.

• Restoring Memories | Special Guided Tour – 12:00
  Among furnishings, household items, old photographs, newspapers, magazines, letters, postcards, linens, and wedding trousseaux, Casa Macchi presents an authentic depiction of the daily life of a typical Lombard bourgeois family. This special tour will share anecdotes and curiosities about how the interiors were meticulously reconstructed from everyday objects and documents, allowing the memory of the home to resurface: recounting a family’s stories, repairing its memories, and restoring its atmosphere.