Museums in Italy

TtrAM - Trentino transport Archive and Museum contains two souls. The first, the historical archive, which collects the documentation of the Trento-Malé and Atesina Railway, from its foundation to their transformation into the new company. The second, an exhibition, accompanied by numerous materials - objects, images and archive documents - also by private collectors, of the events linked to the history of the two companies and of the companies that, with them, have characterized the history of local transport in Trentino.

The Umberto Panini Classic Car Collection is one of the most fascinating exhibitions dedicated to Maserati. Cars that have made Maserati history and that have been lovingly gathered over the years are housed in a typical building in Cittanova, Modena. Originally the brainchild of the Maserati brothers and expanded by Omar Orsi, the collection has remained more or less intact to the present day. It is now run by West (a company owned by the Panini family) and includes 23 cars on display and three that are currently undergoing restoration.

From the passion of a few men an interesting museum housed within the old Mossini primary school, in a small hamlet in Sondrio along the road to Valmalenco illustrates the history of motorcycle riders and the motorcycles of old in Valtellina, through its exhibition on the "old ladies" of two wheels.

This private collection is housed in the Civic Museum of Palazzo Cento.. The museum includes a historical archive on Piaggio and the best known product of the Pontedera group: the Vespa. There are obviously many motorcycles on display: among the rarest a 98 cc, which belongs to the first series from 1946, the Vespa Sei giorni (1951), Acma Militare and a Vespa 400 car.

"Take a look around you - the bricks and the wood you see witnessed the challenge of man against the sky. You are at Volandia, deep inside the history of aviation and of the industries that turned the dream of flight into reality. The museum is divided into seven areas: forms of flight, fixed wing, rotary wing, space pavilion, drones, model aircrafts and baby volandia.

The father-son team of Renzo and Adriano Menoni put together an interesting collection related to the Second World war: how people fought and how they lived. There are military vehicles, uniforms, flags, photographs, weapons and objects of the people who experienced the most important moment of the 1940s.