Museo civico "Antonio Eugenio Baruffaldi"

About the museum

In the 1950s Professor Ivan Tardivello began collecting a large number of objects, photographs and documents, which in 1968 formed the “Raccolta civica” (civic collection), displayed in some rooms of the town hall of Badia Polesine. The collection, meanwhile enlarged, was moved several times, and on 12 June 1977 it found its permanent home in the municipal building of the former Monte di Pietà, in Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II.

The museum is named after Antonio Eugenio Baruffaldi and is organised in thirteen sections illustrating different periods of history, from Italian unification to the Second World War, with attention to people's lives, passions and sufferings. A small room is devoted to the oldest history of the area and holds prehistoric, Roman and medieval finds, including material recovered through surface surveys at the Le Giare site in Salvaterra.

The museum also has a library, an archive and a photographic archive. The building is now undergoing restoration: the museum is closed and, according to the local press, the palace should in future also host the Collezione Balzan.

Highlights

• Thirteen sections of local history from Italian unification to the Second World War
• Room on the oldest history of the area, with prehistoric, Roman and medieval finds
• Roman materials from the Le Giare site at Salvaterra
• Cast of the Roman altar with a maenad from the bell tower of the Vangadizza abbey

Founded

1977

Operated by

Comune di Badia Polesine

Director

Roberto Lupi

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