Museo Etnografico e della Spazzola

About the museum

The museum was founded in 1981 on the initiative of pupils and teachers of the Scuola media “Quasimodo”, with the help of the Pro Loco (local tourist association). Material was gathered from the elderly and families of the village and catalogued in Italian and in dialect. Since 1996 it has been housed in Villa Laura, an early 20th-century building owned by the Municipality; in 2005 it was reorganised as part of the MuVi project, with support from the Fondazione CRT and the Comunità montana Alto Verbano.

The route inside begins with the village’s social life (school, traditional clothing, games, sports and music associations), continues with the reconstructed kitchen and household objects, silkworm rearing and weaving, and then the crafts of the carpenter, woodcutter and blacksmith, and the tools for farming, livestock and fishing. The last section is devoted to the brush industry, which shaped Cannero’s economy between the late 19th and 20th centuries.

Outside, an itinerary with information panels visits places such as the former brush factory, the church of San Giorgio Martire and, in the hamlet of Oggiogno, the historic wine press and the chestnut drying kiln. The museum is part of the Rete museale dell’Alto Verbano.

Highlights

• Reconstructed kitchen and living spaces
• Section on the brush industry
• Tools for farming, livestock and fishing
• Outdoor itinerary with information panels

Permanent exhibition

• Percorso etnografico e industria delle spazzole – Rooms on social life, the home, crafts and Cannero’s brush industry, with an outdoor itinerary.

Founded

1981

Operated by

Comune di Cannero Riviera

Visitors per year

approx. 1,524

Admission & discounts

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Accessibility

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Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

The museum can be reached by car or on foot; it is located at Via Dante Alighieri 29, at Villa Laura.

Amenities & dining

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