Museo Civico di Canneto sull'Oglio
Civic museum in the former school of Canneto sull'Oglio, with the Superti Furga toy collection, the Valli Oglio Chiese ecomuseum and art collections.
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About the museum
The Museo Civico di Canneto sull'Oglio is housed in an imposing late 19th-century building of exposed brick, built to accommodate the town's schools, which dominates Piazza Gramsci. It opened in September 1994 and brings together two collections that were already active before: the Giulio Superti Furga Toy Collection and the Ecomuseo delle Valli Oglio Chiese.
The toy collection, founded in 1984 in a small room of the Palazzo Municipale, has grown through donations and loans and documents the local production of dolls and toys: hundreds of pieces in wood, bisque, felt, papier-mâché, celluloid, fabric, tinplate and vinyl, with photographs of the production departments of Canneto's factories, prototypes, moulds and plaster models. The ecomuseum, born in the 1970s through the Associazione Ecologica Museo Oglio Chiese, found its permanent home here and presents the territory, nature and rural culture between the two rivers, with fossils, archaeological finds, tools and folk traditions, dioramas of flora and fauna and a room on the nursery-gardening tradition.
The museum also houses the Centro Visite (visitor centre) of the Parco Oglio Sud, the Bellani Donation, with nature-themed sculptures by Mario Bellani, and the Mortara Collection, a collection of post-Impressionist paintings donated by Pietro Mortara, with works by Bernasconi, Previati, Tranquillo Cremona, Longoni and others.
Highlights
- Giulio Superti Furga Toy Collection with hundreds of dolls and toys
- Valli Oglio Chiese Ecomuseum with fossils, archaeological finds and rural culture
- Dioramas of flora and fauna and a room on the nursery-gardening tradition
- Centro Visite of the Parco Oglio Sud
- Mortara Collection of post-Impressionist paintings
- Bellani Donation of nature-themed sculptures
Permanent exhibitions
- Collezione del giocattolo Giulio Superti Furga – Hundreds of dolls and toys of every period and material, largely made in Canneto, with photographs, prototypes and moulds from the local factories.
- Ecomuseo Valli Oglio Chiese – Fossils, archaeological finds, rural tools, folk traditions, dioramas of flora and fauna and the Centro Visite of the Parco Oglio Sud.
- Collezione Mortara e Donazione Bellani – Post-Impressionist paintings donated by Pietro Mortara and nature-themed sculptures by Mario Bellani.
- Founded
- 1994
- Operated by
- Comune di Canneto sull’Oglio
- Visitors per year
- approx. 2,192
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €5 |
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| Reduced | €4Children aged 6 to 14, over 65s, groups of at least 15 people |
| Children & teens | €4free up to age 5 · Free admission up to age 5, and for children resident in the municipalities of the Ecomuseo Valli Oglio Chiese who attend nursery, primary or lower secondary school. |
| Seniors | €4Over 65s. |
| Visitors with disabilities | freecompanion free · Free admission for people with disabilities and their companions. |
| Groups (15+ people) | €4 per personGroups of at least 15 people: reduced ticket. |
| Guided tour per section (by reservation, groups of at least 15 people) | €1Charge for each section. |
| School groups: both sections, admission and guided tour | €5 |
| School groups: one section (Ecomuseum or Toys) | €4 |
| School groups: workshop | €5 |
| School groups: in-depth session | €3 |
The full ticket includes access to any temporary exhibitions on show.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible
- Elevator: no information
- Accessible restroom
- Accessible parking
- Service dogs welcome: no information
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
According to the Comune, the entrance, the toilet and the car park are accessible by wheelchair.
Kids & families
Great for kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 5 |
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- Family tours & workshops
The toy collection and the nature sections, with audio trails for young people, are suitable for children; guided tours, workshops and in-depth sessions are offered to schools.
Getting there & parking
By car
Parking available
The Comune indicates a wheelchair-accessible car park at the museum.
- Accessible parking
The museum is in Piazza Gramsci, in the centre of Canneto sull'Oglio.
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Guided tours and workshops for school groups and other groups are booked through the Ufficio Cultura (+39 0376 717010, Monday to Friday 10:00–13:00; cultura@comune.canneto.mn.it); the educational programme is being updated. The museum brochure can be downloaded from the Comune's website. |
