MUSIL Rodengo Saiano

About the museum

MUSIL – Museo dell’industria e del lavoro is a museum system dedicated to industrial development, with sites in Brescia (under construction in the former Tempini factory), Cedegolo (Museo dell’energia idroelettrica, Hydroelectric Energy Museum), San Bartolomeo (Museo del ferro, Iron Museum) and Rodengo Saiano. The Rodengo Saiano site, in Franciacorta, works as a visitable depot serving the whole system and is presented as “Fabbrica del cinema e magazzino delle macchine” (cinema factory and machine warehouse).

The large hall of around 3,500 m² houses machinery and testimonies of industrial work: among them an Ansaldo armoured car from 1941, an antique lithographic press, the prototype of a caravan and the models of the Caorso and Trino 2 nuclear power plants. Smaller objects document printing, cinema, communications, computing, textiles, tanning and the food industry.

The ground floor houses the reception, a multipurpose room for meetings and concerts and a small workshop; the upper floors hold offices, classrooms and a library. A film laboratory digitises magnetic tapes and has editing equipment for 35 mm and 16 mm film. The permanent exhibition “Dentro il cinema” (Inside the Cinema) tells the history of cinema and includes a 1950s-style projection room where films from the archive can be selected via a touch screen.

Highlights

• Hall of around 3,500 m² with industrial machinery
• Ansaldo armoured car from 1941
• Antique lithographic press
• Models of the Caorso and Trino 2 nuclear power plants
• “Dentro il cinema” exhibition with a 1950s-style projection room
• Laboratory for digitising tapes and film

Permanent exhibition

• Dentro il cinema – Permanent exhibition on the history of cinema, with a 1950s-style projection room where films from the archive can be chosen via a touch screen.

Founded

2008

Operated by

Fondazione Museo dell’industria e del lavoro (MUSIL)

Admission & discounts

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Accessibility

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

The ground floor is accessible to wheelchair users; the entrance has a step of about 10 cm, and a ramp is planned but not yet built. Most of the machinery can be touched, and multisensory guided tours are offered for blind and visually impaired visitors.

Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

The site is about 10 minutes by car from Brescia, in the direction of Lake Iseo, next to the Franciacorta Outlet Village.

Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

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