Museo delle Grigne

Museo delle Grigne
Established 1959
Location Via Montefiori 19 - 23825 Esino Lario - Italy
Website http://museodellegrigne.it/

The Museo delle Grigne (Museum of Grigna) is the civic museum of Esino Lario. It preserves and presents to the public a collection of natural history (with fossils, minerals, representations of phytoclimatic areas of the lake, dioramas of animals and a collection of Italian butterflies), archaeological and ethno-anthropological material.[1]

History

The Museo delle Grigne is the first local museum in Province of Como, born in 1930s by the priest Giovanni Battista Rocca in order to let the public know the peculiarities of the territory.

Buildings

The museum is divided into two buildings: the new seat in Villa Clotilde garden (inaugurated in April 2016) and a space on the first floor of Villa Clotilde.

Administration

The Museo delle Grigne is managed by Associazione Amici del Museo delle Grigne Onlus since 1990. It's part of the museum system of the Province of Lecco.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Dana Facaros; Michael Pauls (2006). Lombardy & the Italian Lakes. New Holland Publishers. p. 214. ISBN 978-1-86011-322-2.

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Coordinates: 45°59′46″N 9°19′56″E / 45.9960°N 9.3321°E / 45.9960; 9.3321

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