Museo documentario della città di Gradisca d’Isonzo

About the museum

The Museo documentario della città was set up in Gradisca d’Isonzo as a municipal institution and was formally established in 1963. For a long time it was housed in Palazzo Torriani, before being moved and re-displayed in a new route, with expanded scientific content and extensive use of digital tools.

The current site is Casa Maccari, a 19th-century building commissioned by Giuseppe Bartolomeo Maccari, which housed schools and training institutes until the 1970s. Today it is a municipal cultural hub that brings together the civic library, the museum, a conference hall and a workshop space for young people; the museum occupies the second floor.

The route traces the urban and social development of the town, with archival documents and historical reconstructions made with digital technologies: from its early medieval origins to the fortress defending the Venetian borders in the 16th century, and on to the Austrian period, when Gradisca became the seat of a county and was enriched with new palaces. The collections include fossils, Roman stone fragments, medieval and Renaissance weapons, coins, 17th-century canvases and Baroque frescoes from the cathedral, as well as a section on the Jewish community present in the town since the 16th century.

Highlights

• History of Gradisca d’Isonzo from Roman times to Venetian and Austrian rule
• Historical reconstructions made with digital technologies
• Fossils and Roman stone finds
• Medieval and Renaissance weapons, coins and 17th-century canvases
• Baroque frescoes from the cathedral
• Section on the Jewish community of Gradisca

Permanent exhibition

• Percorso permanente sulla storia della città – The route documents the urban and social development of Gradisca d’Isonzo through documents, finds and digital reconstructions, from Roman times to the Austrian period.

Founded

1963

Operated by

Comune di Gradisca d’Isonzo

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: no information
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• 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 museum is on the second floor of Casa Maccari; no published information on the accessibility of the route is available.

Kids & families

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