Museo Piamarta

House museum of Saint Giovanni Battista Piamarta in the Istituto Artigianelli in Brescia, with the rooms where the saint lived and the neo-Gothic shrine.

Opening hours unknown Wheelchair accessible

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About the museum

The Museo Piamarta was established in 2011, on the occasion of the canonisation of Giovanni Battista Piamarta (1841–1913), and was recognised by Regione Lombardia by resolution of 16 October 2018. It is named after the founder of the Istituto Artigianelli, of the Colonia agricola (agricultural colony) of Remedello Sopra and of the Queriniana printing and publishing house.

It is a house museum within the large complex of the Istituto Artigianelli, which Piamarta created in 1886 to bring young people into work through vocational training. The museum consists of the rooms in which the saint lived and of the neo-Gothic shrine that received his body at the end of his life; the spaces, still in use for their original purposes, preserve objects, furniture and furnishings kept by the religious after his death.

The institute stands in the orchard (brolo) of the former women’s abbey of San Salvatore – Santa Giulia, included in the UNESCO World Heritage list since 2011. The museum and the shrine therefore complete the reading of the monastic complex and make it possible to understand its transformations from the last quarter of the 19th century to today.

Highlights

Rooms where Saint Giovanni Battista Piamarta lived
Neo-Gothic shrine with the saint’s body
Istituto Artigianelli with workshops, classrooms and courtyards
Complex in the orchard of the abbey of Santa Giulia, UNESCO site

Founded: 2011
Operated by: Congregazione della Sacra Famiglia di Nazareth – Istituto Artigianelli
Visitors per year: approx. 1,673

Admission & discounts

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Accessibility

Wheelchair accessible
Elevator
Accessible restroom
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

On request at the ticket office, the lift can be used to reach the museum on the first floor. Toilets equipped for people with motor disabilities are available (maximum wheelchair width 70 cm).

Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

By public transit

Piazza della Vittoria · 10-min walk

Metro to the Piazza della Vittoria stop (towards Prealpino), then about 10 minutes on foot; bus line 18 to the Piazza Tebaldo Brusato stop. Coach terminal in Largo Torrelunga, near Piazzale Arnaldo.

By car

Parking available

Private museum car park with entrance from Via Brigida Avogadro 27 (also for minibuses and small coaches). Other car parks: Arnaldo Park (Piazzale Arnaldo), Goito (Via Spalto San Marco), Fossa Bagni (Via Cesare Lombroso), Piazza Vittoria, and Castellini (corner of Via Castellini and Via Mantova). Coach parking on Via Ugo La Malfa or Via Pietro Nenni.

From the A4 Milan–Venice motorway, take the Brescia Centro exit and follow the signs for Piazzale Arnaldo.

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