Tolentino is one of Marche's well known centre for leather goods: skilled craftsmen use the most sophisticated leather to make stylish clothing accessories and elegant sofas and armchairs. The area is also popular for linen and hemp working and the traditional weaving loom. In Tolentino worth visiting is the Museum of Ceramics, boasting a remarkable collection offered by Cardinal Giovanni Tacci to to the town concil in 1933, with the obligation to preserve it in the room adjacent to the Basilica of San Nicola. There are ceramics from Deruta, Faenza, Gubbio, Castel Durante, Nove, Bassano, Fabriano, Castles, Savona, Albisola, San Quirico, as well as Chinese and Japanese ceramics. Another tourist attraction in the area is the Museum of Rural Life, housed at the Abbey of Fiastra, with a vast collection of farm tools, kitchen utensils and carpentry items. The most interesting objects are: the old frames, the vats for grape, a wooden plow, a typical Marche's biroccio ("farm cart"), as well as numerous tools used to make ropes and press grapes.