Casa Museo Pietro Malossi

About the museum

The Casa Museo Pietro Malossi is located in Ome, in Franciacorta, in the restored Averoldi building that forms part of the Borgo del Maglio. The rooms are furnished in period style and recall the settings in which Andrea Averoldi and Aldina Barbi lived. The museum presents the passion for art of two collectors, the antiques dealer Pietro Malossi and Francesco Medici, and is run by the Fondazione Malossi, which Malossi himself established in Ome in 1998 to promote artistic culture and make his collections accessible to the public.

The route is spread over two floors. On the ground floor visitors see a 16th-century parlour; the weapons room, set in a former stable with double height and devoted to edged weapons from East and West; the room dedicated to Francesco Medici with the tools of his work; a small garden with capitals and holy-water stoups; and a lecture hall. On the first floor are the study with Malossi’s antique books and pen-and-ink drawings, the workshop with his chiselled and inlaid metalwork, a loggia with stone inscriptions and coats of arms, an exhibition room with a 19th-century lithographic press donated by Medici, and the collections room, which presents paintings by theme (landscapes, portraits, sacred painting, painting on glass, icons) and objects of many kinds, from ceramics and medals to ivories and sacred art.

The Malossi Collection exceeds 10,000 pieces, but the museum shows only a small part of it: the rest is kept in storage and displayed in rotation in temporary exhibitions. Information panels and audio guides accompany the visit.

Highlights

• Weapons room with edged weapons from the Far East to the West
• Napoleonic Code and antique books in the study
• Rotella da pompa (pump wheel) with chiselled and inlaid decoration
• 19th-century lithographic press donated by Francesco Medici
• Paintings, icons and painting on glass in the collections room

Permanent exhibition

• Percorso espositivo della Casa Museo – Edged weapons, antique books, paintings, icons and art objects from the Malossi and Medici collections across two floors.

Operated by

Fondazione Malossi

Admission & discounts

Admission is also free for residents of Ome and of the Valle Trompia municipalities listed by the museum. For guided tours and workshops, the museum asks visitors to contact it for prices.

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

Guided tours with routes designed for people with disabilities are available on request. The website provides no information on wheelchair accessibility.

Kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

Playful educational workshops are offered for schools and groups.

Getting there & parking

The Borgo del Maglio has a large car park.

Amenities & dining

• Café
• Museum shop

The bookshop sells gifts and publications. In the Borgo del Maglio there are a bar-café and a hostel.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent

Up to 40 guests.

The exhibition spaces can be rented for exhibitions and conferences, as can the lecture hall (a former cellar with around 40 seats, a projector and its own entrance).

Plan your visit