Museo dell'utensileria Silmax

About the museum

The tool museum was set up by Silmax, which took over the firm Giovanni Battista Savant in 1955 and coordinated the restoration of the building and the machinery. The building, in the Lanzo Valleys, was the workplace where Paul Alessio lived and made his tools from 26 November 1812.

Around 2000 the company could have demolished the old, crumbling walls and dispersed the mechanical objects accumulated over almost two centuries, but it chose to preserve them as evidence of the art of cutting iron and, later, titanium. Collecting and recovery continue with the help of those who offer tools, machines and historical documents.

In the rooms the large water wheel that for over a century produced power turns again, while the machine tools, stationary or driven by the old power source, tell the story of mechanical engineering, accelerated first by electricity and then by electronics. The evolution of tools is also followed, from the Morse patent of 1856 for the so-called American helical drills to recent innovations.

Highlights

• Historic machine tools in a 19th-century building
• Large water wheel of the former workshop
• Helical drills from the 1856 Morse patent to current techniques
• History of Paul Alessio's workshop, active from 1812

Permanent exhibition

• Museo dell'utensileria – Historic machine tools and cutting tools, from the helical drills of 1856 to today, in a building dating from 1812.

Operated by

Silmax S.p.A.

Visitors per year

approx. 50

Admission & discounts

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Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: not available
• 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 is housed in a 19th-century building and, although restored, it has not been possible to create access for people with disabilities.

Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

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Amenities & dining

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