Museo civico Goffredo Bellini

About the museum

The museum was founded in the early 1920s by Goffredo Bellini (1870–1947), a collector, scholar and local historian who served as secretary of the Congregazione di Carità of Asola. Bellini began gathering objects in the premises of the Monte dei Pegni, and other citizens later donated material; in 1943 he was appointed honorary inspector of the Soprintendenza (heritage authority).

The original collection was divided into seven sections, including archaeology, painting, the Middle Ages, weapons, war relics, autographs, books and prints, and natural sciences. After Bellini’s death the collections passed to the municipality and were moved several times, between the Schiantarelli school, the town hall and Via Turbini, until 2006, when, after restoration, they returned to the Palazzo Monte dei Pegni, their current home.

On the ground floor are the introduction, with a multimedia station on incunabula and documents, the section “Collezionismo e meraviglia” (“Collecting and Wonder”), and the archaeological route from the Bronze Age to the Roman period, with a lapidary. The upper floor presents popular traditions and crafts, history from the end of Venetian rule through the Risorgimento and the First World War, the work of local painters, and a topographical room with a replica of the “Siege of Asola”, attributed to Tintoretto. One wing houses sacred art from the parish museum “G. B. Tosio”, with works by Moretto; the collection of around 600 minerals can be visited on request.

Highlights

• Archaeological section with lapidary
• Attic kylix and funerary stele
• Replica of the “Siege of Asola”, attributed to Tintoretto
• Sacred art from the parish museum, with works by Moretto
• Sandrin-Piubeni mineral collection of around 600 minerals

Permanent exhibition

• Percorso permanente del Museo civico – Archaeology with lapidary, local traditions, history from Venetian rule to the First World War, art and sacred art.

Operated by

Comune di Asola

Visitors per year

approx. 4,657

Admission & discounts

Free admission: First Sunday of the month

Free admission also for group leaders and guides, for schools in Asola (one visit and one workshop included) and with the Card ingresso gratuito. The Abbonamento Musei Lombardia and the Card Cultura Palazzo Te are accepted.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator
• Accessible restroom
• Accessible parking
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The museum is accessible to wheelchair users and people with reduced mobility. Enter from Via Garibaldi 1 and report to staff at the entrance (number 7). A lift and a stairlift serve the floors; accessible toilets are on the ground and first floors. The mineral section is not accessible by wheelchair. A tactile route for visually impaired visitors is available in the archaeology section. Reserved parking in Piazza XX Settembre.

Kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

Family ticket and workshops for schools; free admission up to age 6.

Getting there & parking

Amenities & dining

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