Museo mineralogico brossese Cà ad Martolo
Former home of a miner-farmer family in Brosso, turned into a museum, with maps, photographs, minerals and tools linked to the history of the valley's mines.
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About the museum
The museum is housed in Cà ad Martolo, the home of a family of miner-farmers, largely preserved in its original condition and furnished with period objects. Among them stands out a 1907 calendar on which the cows' breeding and milk sales were noted: work in the mine and work in the fields were closely intertwined, as the tools of both activities show.
The display is divided into five sections devoted to the place (maps and photographs), the people (photographs), history (documents), minerals and work tools from different periods; on the ground floor, the entrance to a mine has been reconstructed. The house is run by the Gruppo per la Ricerca Storico Scientifica sulle Miniere di Brosso (GRSS) and is part of the Anfiteatro Morenico di Ivrea museum network.
The valley of the Assa stream preserves traces of a long mining and metallurgical history. From the Middle Ages to the 18th century haematite was mined here and worked with the method known as “bassofuoco alla brossese”; later pyrite, once discarded, was used to produce vitriol and, from the mid-19th century, sulphuric acid for the Turin plants of the Sclopis family, owners of the mines. A visit can be combined with a walk to the metallurgical sites along the left bank of the Assa.
Highlights
- Miner-farmer's home with period furnishings
- Reconstructed mine entrance on the ground floor
- Five sections on place, people, history, minerals and tools
- 1907 calendar with farming notes
- Link with metallurgical sites along the Assa stream
Permanent exhibition
- Percorso nella casa-museo Cà ad Martolo – Five sections on place, people, history, minerals and tools, with a reconstructed mine entrance on the ground floor.
- Operated by
- Comune di Brosso (gestione GRSS)
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Accessibility
- Partially wheelchair accessible
- 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 ground floor is accessible to wheelchair users; the other floors are on several levels and have neither a lift nor a stair lift.
Kids & families
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