Museo Perrando

About the museum

The Museo Perrando opened on 17 September 1967 on the second floor of Palazzo Perrando, in Via dei Perrando in Sassello. The library, on the first floor, opened on 26 April 1980 and created a cultural centre linked to the town’s tradition. The museum is founded and run by the Associazione Amici del Sassello APS under an agreement with the Comune.

In the palazzo, the ground floor houses a permanent exhibition on material culture with a model of the town and its trades; the first floor houses the library, the historical archive and a children’s library; the second floor has the sections on natural history (with fossils), prehistory, the Middle Ages and art, which includes furnishings, Albisola and Savona ceramics and paintings mainly of the Genoese school of the 17th and 18th centuries. The ethnographic section documents the ironworks and the local amaretti factories. The garden offers an open-air reading room and a space for events.

Since 2014 the museum has expanded with the Nuovo Polo Museale in the former church of the Concezione and the adjoining convent, where the Sala Napoleonica, the Bianchi collection of contemporary art and, since June 2024, the Museo del Dialetto are located.

Highlights

• Natural history sections with fossils, prehistory, the Middle Ages and art
• Ethnographic section on the ironworks and local amaretti factories
• Sala Napoleonica on the clashes of 1800 at Sassello
• Bianchi collection of contemporary art
• Museo del Dialetto, opened in June 2024

Permanent exhibitions

• Mostra permanente di cultura materiale e archeologia industriale – Tools and equipment from the old ironworks and amaretti factories, with the model of the town and its trades.
• Sala Napoleonica – Section on the clashes of 1800 between Austrians and French at Sassello, with reconstructed uniforms and objects recovered from the battlefields.
• Museo del Dialetto – Route on the origins of the Sassello dialect, with archive documents and recordings of local speakers.

Founded

1967

Operated by

Associazione Amici del Sassello APS (convenzione con il Comune di Sassello)

Visitors per year

approx. 1,000

Admission & discounts

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Accessibility

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Kids & families

On the first floor of the palazzo is the library “Tarari Tararera” for children and young people aged 0 to 16.

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Amenities & dining

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