Museo delle Armi bianche e delle Pergamene
Small municipal museum in Palazzo Milesi in Gromo, with edged weapons from the 15th to the 17th century and historical documents on ironworking.
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About the museum
The museum, known as MAP, is housed on the upper floors of Palazzo Milesi, Gromo’s former town hall, a 15th-century building dating from 1456, bought by the Comune from the Milesi family in 1924. Its rooms recall the production and trading tradition of edged weapons, which made the village famous in the Renaissance.
The route, renewed and re-arranged, displays a private collection of edged weapons dating from the 15th to the 17th century: halberds, infantry swords, cup-hilted swords, daggers and knives bearing the maker’s marks of the Gromo swordsmiths Scacchi and Ginami.
The museum also holds the documentary fund of the Donazione Valerio Milesi (1323–1800), important for reconstructing ironworking in Gromo in the 15th and 16th centuries, and the Archivio comunale (municipal archive), with sources from the 11th to the 20th century. The Sala Angelini contains about thirty original drawings by the engineer-architect Luigi Angelini, devoted to the architectural details of Palazzo Milesi and of the territory of the Alta Valle Seriana (Upper Seriana Valley).
Highlights
- Edged weapons from the 15th to the 17th century, with the marks of the Scacchi and Ginami swordsmiths
- Documentary fund of the Donazione Valerio Milesi (1323–1800)
- Sala Angelini with original drawings by the architect Luigi Angelini
- 15th-century town hall with painted ceilings
Permanent exhibition
- Armi bianche e pergamene – Edged weapons from the 15th to the 17th centuries, documents of the Milesi donation and drawings in the Sala Angelini in Palazzo Milesi.
- Operated by
- Comune di Gromo
- Visitors per year
- approx. 4,000
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Free admission during opening hours. For openings on request outside normal hours (groups, school parties) a fee of €25 applies, according to municipal resolution no. 16 of 23 March 2023.
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | Openings outside normal hours on request for groups and school parties. |
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