Museo Remiero
Museum in Limite sull’Arno devoted to shipbuilding and rowing, with boat models, shipwrights’ tools and period photographs.
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About the museum
Museo Remiero was founded in Limite sull’Arno in the historic headquarters of the Società Canottieri Limite, founded in 1861, and preserves the memory of the bargemen (navicellai) and the shipyards that worked along the river for centuries. The documentation centre is named after Mario Pucci, secretary of the society, who died in 2016 and is regarded as the real architect of keeping the old headquarters as a museum. The official opening took place on 3 April 2004, after a long series of exhibitions and research projects, often with an anthropological approach, carried out in the 1970s and 1980s.
In 2010 the collection was moved to its current location and later reorganised by the museum commission. On 13 June 2019 the volunteer association that runs the institute was founded; it has a statute and regulations, with a professional director and volunteers.
The rooms house scale models of the boats built locally, historical photographs and documents, tools used by caulkers and shipwrights, and a section on the shipyards. The museum is part of the Sistema museale Museo Diffuso dell’Empolese Valdelsa and is a member of the Associazione Nazionale Piccoli Musei, whose national secretariat is based at the institute.
Highlights
- Scale models of the boats built in Limite sull’Arno
- Tools of caulkers and shipwrights
- Historical photographs and documents on rowing
- Section on the activity of the shipyards
- Documentation centre with archive and library
Permanent exhibition
- Cantieristica navale e canottaggio – Boat models, tools of shipwrights and caulkers, photographs and documents on the history of the shipyards and of the Società Canottieri Limite.
- Founded
- 2004
- Operated by
- Associazione di volontariato Museo Remiero (MuRe)
- Visitors per year
- approx. 1,652
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
There is no admission ticket: the contribution is voluntary. Fundraising campaigns are run every year.
Accessibility
- 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 museum has no architectural barriers.
Kids & families
Great for kids & families
- Family tours & workshops
On request, staff can tailor the visit for families with children.
Getting there & parking
By car
Parking available
Parking along the Arno almost opposite the museum; other car parks are located beyond the museum in the direction of Empoli and behind it, all within three hundred metres.
The museum is in Piazza Cesare Battisti, in Limite sull’Arno.
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Events & venue rental
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Plan your visit
| Audio guide | yes |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Audio files for the visit are available on the website. Schools can work with the EduMuRe education section; as a standard reference the cost is €5 per user, to be agreed according to the projects. |
