Museo storico dei lucchetti – Collezione Vittorio Cavalli
The first museum in the world devoted solely to padlocks, with over 4,000 examples from the collection of Vittorio Cavalli, in Cedogno.
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About the museum
The Museo storico dei lucchetti is in Cedogno, a hamlet of Neviano degli Arduini in the Parma Apennines, and opened to the public in 2001 on the initiative of Vittorio Cavalli. It is presented as the first museum in the world devoted exclusively to padlocks.
The collection, assembled over roughly seventy years, comprises more than 4,000 portable locks of different periods, materials and shapes, mainly from Europe and Asia. Many types are on display: spring locks, combination locks, unscrewing-secret locks, talismanic locks, zoomorphic locks and locks for bicycles.
Highlights
- Over 4,000 padlocks from different periods and countries
- Combination and unscrewing-secret locks
- Talismanic and zoomorphic locks
- Locks for bicycles
- Founded
- 2001
- Operated by
- Collezione Vittorio Cavalli
- Visitors per year
- approx. 2,000
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Free admission.
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