Category: Museums
Dive into the history and art of the museums of Lake Orta. Each museum tells captivating stories, featuring works that reflect the local culture and traditions waiting to be explored.
The Gignese museum is the only one in the world dedicated to the theme of the umbrella and parasol: over a thousand pieces are preserved there, including umbrellas, parasols and handles. The museum houses curious pieces of considerable historical and cultural value: from the umbrella of Queen Margherita of Savoy…
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The “Museum of the Tap and its Technology” in San Maurizio d’Opaglio is unique in the world; it addresses the fascinating and ancestral topic of man’s painful relationship with water in a journey from which the path of humanity re-emerges from an unusual point of view: the history of hygiene…
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The Quarna History Museum was founded in Quarta Sotto to document the production of wind instruments and the ethnographic traditions of the small mountain town. The upper floor is dedicated to the craftsmanship of the musical instrument. Among the very few existing music museums, the one in Quarna stands out…
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The Calderara Foundation was established on January 10, 1979 in execution of the will of the painter Antonio Calderara (Abbiategrasso 1903- Vacciago di Ameno 1978), with which he arranged a legacy of real estate for the purpose, always pursued by the founder, of maintaining the unity and the specific cultural…
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