Museo etnografico e
dello strumento musicale a fiato (Quarna Sotto)
Museum of local history and culture and
of wind instruments (Quarna, Lake Orta)
The exhibition is based on modern and peculiar standards. The upper floor is devoted to
musical instrument craft. The Quarna Museum is one of the few museums existing on musical
instruments, and it differs from the others as it shows the old manufacturing methods,
thus making it a unique one of this kind. The museum helps the visitor understand
symphonic and band music, as well as ancient and modern one. The first room, devoted to
clarinets, also covers oboes and bassoons and shows examples of the wooden models used to
make them.
The second room, devoted to saxophones, includes sarrusophones and saxorusophones. The
third room is devoted to flutes and the fourth to the wide range of brass instruments. The
final room shows present-day production, peculiar instruments and documents of old
companies.
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Museo dell'Ombrello e
del Parasole (Gignese)
This is the only museum in Italy entirely dedicated to
umbrellas and parasols. More than a thousand examples, some very rare and precious, are a
feast for the eyes. The museum tells the story of the lives and activity of
umbrella-makers and traces the history of the fashions that influenced the style of these
accessories. The themes dealt with are: the umbrella and its component parts; stories and
legends of the umbrella; the umbrella and the evolution of fashion; the life of the
Vergante umbrella-makers; working techniques; tools and materials.
Information
Viale Golf Panorama, 2 Bis - 28836 Gignese (Vb)
Tel. +39.0323.202064
E-mail: ecomuseo@lagodorta.net
www.gignese.it
Museo del Rubinetto e
della sua Tecnologia (San Maurizio d'Opaglio)
The Museum of the Tap, with its unique
exhibits, traces the history of San Maurizio d’Opaglio and surrounding district,
famous for and specialised in the manufacture of taps and valves. It also demonstrates how
drinking water becomes drinkable and how the technology of tap production must constantly
meet new demands on the use of our water supply.
Information
Piazza Martiri, 1 - 28017 San Maurizio d'Opaglio (No)
E-mail: info@museodelrubinetto.it
www.museodelrubinetto.it
Museo dell'Arte della
Tornitura del Legno (Pettenasco)
Five water mills (known as the factories), which were powered
by the roggia molinara (water mill canal) of the small river Pescone, were transformed
into turner’s workshops in the mid-eighteen hundreds, and were used until a few
decades ago. Inside one of these factories are a few rooms devoted to turned objects
dating back to the beginning of the XIX century and to later years. A section, which is
especially picturesque, has been created in a turner’s workshop. Here visitors can
admire the original tools and machinery used for turning wood.
Information
Via Vittorio Veneto - 28028 Pettenasco (No)
Tel. +39.0323.89622/89259
E-mail: ecomuseo@lagodorta.net
www.lagodorta.net
Fondazione Museo delle
Arti e delle Industrie (Omegna)
This collection shows us the local
manufacturing history, from the end of the XIX century up to the present day. It does so
through archives, historical objects and artworks concerning the household articles
produced by Cusio that have been safeguarded over the years, such as: the first Bialetti
caffettiera (espresso coffee maker) and the Lagostina pressure cooker.
Information
Parco Pasquale Maulini, 1 - 28887 Omegna (Vb)
Tel. +39.0323.866141 - Fax: +39.0323.867027
E-mail: fondmaio@forumomegna.org
www.forumomegna.org
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