Museo del Falegname Tino Sana
Museum in Almenno San Bartolomeo across three floors, with reconstructed workshops, woodworking tools, carts, puppets and bicycles, including the collection of Felice Gimondi.
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About the museum
The Museo del Falegname was founded in 1987 out of the founder Tino Sana's passion for the carpenter's trade. From a small space for keeping old workshop tools it has grown into a true museum, now of international standing, promoted by the company Tinosana of Almenno San Bartolomeo.
The exhibition extends over three floors covering about 3,500 square metres. On the ground floor the workshops of the carpenter, chair-maker, marquetry craftsman, sculptor, turner, luthier and birdcage maker are reconstructed. On the lower floor the route “from the tree to the wheel” covers the forest, the sawmill, the plough, the cooper, carts and boats. On the upper floor the life and trades of a village are recreated, with the tavern, the laundry, the shoemaker, the tailor, the Gioppino puppets and the history of the bicycle, including the Felice Gimondi collection, alongside means of transport such as aircraft and historic motorcycles.
The museum also holds a rich collection of antique tools from every region of Italy, dating from the seventeenth to the twentieth century, and a section on bicycles, including 220 wooden bicycles made by Tinosana and patented together with Bianchi. Alongside the museum there are a woodworking school, a study centre and a programme of workshops for schools and children.
Highlights
- Reconstructed workshops of the carpenter, chair-maker, marquetry craftsman and luthier
- Collection of antique woodworking tools from the seventeenth to the twentieth century
- History of the bicycle with the Felice Gimondi collection
- Wooden bicycles by Tinosana
- Regional carts and Gioppino puppets
- Woodworking workshops for children and young people
Permanent exhibition
- Percorso del Museo del Falegname – Three floors with reconstructed workshops, the route “from the tree to the wheel” and a section on village life and the bicycle.
- Founded
- 1987
- Operated by
- Tinosana S.r.l.
Admission & discounts
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
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
The collections are fully accessible to people with disabilities: parking at the entrance, entrance, route and toilets.
Kids & families
Great for kids & families
- Family tours & workshops
- Hands-on stations
- Baby changing facilities
The museum takes part in the UNICEF Baby Pit-Stop project and has a baby-changing facility. For children and young people it runs woodworking workshops in which objects in wood are made to take home.
Getting there & parking
By car
- Accessible parking
Amenities & dining
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Visits for groups, school classes and families by appointment. Schools can visit the museum all year round, and it offers woodworking workshops from kindergarten to lower secondary school. |
