Museo Etnologico Missionario Don Bosco

About the museum

The museum is located in the Colle Don Bosco complex in Castelnuovo Don Bosco and is dedicated to Cardinal Giovanni Cagliero, born in the same town as Don Bosco and leader of the first Salesian missionary expedition, which set out for Argentina in 1875.

The display documents the missionary dimension of Don Bosco's “dream of the nine years”: the Salesian venture begun in 1875 is today present in more than 130 countries, with educational and health work and emergency relief. The showcases hold significant objects from the material, family, working, religious and social life of the countries visited by the missionaries.

The museum thus bears witness to the work of the Salesians and to encounters with cultures unknown to most visitors.

Highlights

• Dedicated to Cardinal Giovanni Cagliero and the first mission to Argentina (1875)
• Objects from the material, religious and social life of mission countries
• Salesian presence in more than 130 countries

Permanent exhibition

• Le missioni salesiane nel mondo – Showcases with objects from the material, family, working, religious and social life of the countries visited by the Salesian missionaries.

Operated by

Istituto Bernardi Semeria – Salesiani (Colle Don Bosco)

Visitors per year

approx. 10,050

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