Museo didattico di arte e vita preistorica della Val Camonica
Museum-laboratory of experimental archaeology in Capo di Ponte, in Val Camonica, where visitors handle objects and reproduce the gestures of prehistoric people.
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About the museum
The Didactic Museum of Prehistoric Art and Life in Capo di Ponte, in the hamlet of Cemmo, is a museum-laboratory founded and run by the prehistoric archaeologist and ethnoarchaeologist Ausilio Priuli, a scholar of the rock art of Val Camonica.
It is not a traditional museum: visitors can interact with the objects, handle them and try to repeat the actions of people of the past in the experimental archaeology laboratory. Casual visitors, groups and school classes, accompanied by the archaeologist or his collaborators, retrace more than ten thousand years of prehistory.
The museum also organises guided tours lasting one or more days to the archaeological, artistic and natural sites of Val Camonica, including the Parco nazionale delle incisioni rupestri di Naquane, and educational workshops on the rock engravings.
Highlights
- Experimental archaeology laboratory with objects to handle
- Journey through more than 10,000 years of prehistory
- Guided tours in Val Camonica and the Naquane park
- Educational programmes for school classes and groups
- Operated by
- Museo Didattico d'Arte e Vita Preistorica (Ausilio Priuli)
- Visitors per year
- approx. 14,895
Admission & discounts
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Accessibility
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Kids & families
Great for kids & families
- Family tours & workshops
- Hands-on stations
The museum is designed as an interactive workshop: visitors handle objects and repeat prehistoric techniques; programmes for school classes and educational workshops are available.
Getting there & parking
By public transit
Capo di Ponte (stazione ferroviaria)
Brescia–Iseo–Edolo railway, Capo di Ponte station.
Once in Capo di Ponte, follow the signs from the roundabout to Cemmo, where the museum is. From Milan: A4 exit Bergamo or Seriate, SS 42 towards Lovere, Boario Terme and Capo di Ponte; from Venice: A4 exit Brescia Ovest, SS 510 to Lake Iseo and SS 42 towards the Passo del Tonale.
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Guided tours of one or more days and programmes for families, groups and school classes, also combined with food-and-wine itineraries and the Parco nazionale delle incisioni rupestri di Naquane. |
