Altavilla Monferrato
Museo dei Tramways
Altavilla Monferrato is home to an important interchange station between three lines Asti-Casale-Alessandria, still used by the Arfea bus service. Here we find the steam Tramway Museum, integral part of the Ecomuseum of …
Pontestura
Museo del giocattolo
The Museo del Giocattolo (Toy Museum) was opened on May 20th 2007 and houses the collection donated by Enrico Colombotto Rosso. In the first room are some 100 ceramic dolls made between 1880 and 1920, toy horses, illustrations …
Novi Ligure
Museo dell'Apicoltura del Maglietto
The Museum exhibits a unique collection that includes beehives, skeps, feeders, honey extractors, presses, wax sculptures, beekeeping magazines, stamps dedicated to bees and plenty of other material. There is also a rich …
Montechiaro d'Acqui
Museo della Civiltà contadina di Santa Caterina
The Museum of Rural Civilization of Montechiaro d'Acqui is located inside the ancient Church of the Confraternity of Santa Caterina next to the town hall. Tools of the peasant world, donated primarily by private citizens, …
Altavilla Monferrato
Museo della grappa
The area of Alessandria is renowned for its wines, but once the fermentation process is complete, the bunch of grapes can still be used to produce grappa and this is why we find the Grappa Museum in Altavilla. Open to visitors …
Rocca Grimalda
Museo della Maschera
The Mask Museum in Rocca Grimalda, opened its doors in 2000 upon the initiative of a group of scholars from the Ethno-Anthropological Laboratory, working on the territory since 1996. It was opened because of the presence, …
Tortona
Museo delle macchine agricole Orsi
Permanent exhibition of tractors from the historic Tortona factory, named in memory of "Roberto Giuseppe Orsi Carbone." An example of industrial archaeology transformed into a public space, the museum is located in some …
Gabiano
Museo delle truppe alpine
The museum, founded by Carlo Monti who collected and documented the events involving the Alpine Corps, protagonists of dramatic pages of history between the Two Wars, stems from the need to remember, spread and preserve …
Lu e Cuccaro Monferrato
Museo di arte sacra San Giacomo
The San Giacomo Museum of Sacred Art, set up in the historical complex of San Giacomo in Lu, consists of the church founded in the 13th century and rebuilt between 1568 and 1610, its sacristy and the Casa della Reggenza. …
Tortona
Museo Diocesano di Arte Sacra
In a symbolic place of the diocese – the former Episcopal Seminary – the museum gathers works that for the most part found their way to the curia’s storerooms for security reasons. Originating from the city of Tortona …
Orsara Bormida
Museo Etnografico della Civiltà Contadina di Orsara Bormida
The Orsara Bormida Museum, housed in the town hall, was established in 1996 by a group of volunteers following the donation of ancient agricultural objects by locals and others. It houses testimonies of the rural culture …
Alessandria
Museo etnografico della Gambarina "C'era una volta"
The Ethnographic Museum “C’era una volta” (Once upon a time) is located inside the “Gambarina Vecchia”, barracks dating from the 18th century. On the ground floor, taking full advantage of the bay architecture …
Stazzano
Museo naturalistico di Stazzano
The Natural History Museum of Stazzano offers documentation of considerable educational value. It was founded in 1980 by a group of Naturalists from Stazzano who have been working since 1974 to preserve and protect the rich …
Ovada
Museo Paleontologico "G. Maini"
The museum is in the fourteenth-century Church of St Anthony, which in 1882 was turned into a prison, and is now dedicated to Giulio Maini, a naturalist from Ovada. The learning path illustrates the particular nature of …
Alessandria
Palatium Vetus. Opere dalla Collezione della Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Alessandria
Palatium Vetus, now home to Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio of Alessandria, is the first municipal building of the town of Alessandria and preserves important traces of medieval history. The Gae Aulenti architectural firm …