Fondazione
Calderara di Arte Contemporanea
28010 Vacciago di Ameno (N0)
tel. (0039) 0322-998192
(During the visiting hours)
website
Museo etnografico e
dello strumento musicale a fiato (Quarna Sotto)
(in italian)
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.
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
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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
Palazzo Ubertini -
Dimora delle Arti (Orta San Giulio)
Art shows and beyond: website
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