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Arazzeria "Scassa"

Asti

The “Scassa” tapestry was founded in 1957. It is located in the Charterhouse of Valmanera. Inside it exhibits a wide range of tapestries and a laboratory for the restoration of ancient tapestries. The museum is available to the public. At the gates of Asti monastery built by the Vallombrosan monks and then passed to the Carthusians who inhabited it until the Napoleonic era, abandoned and partly destroyed it was restored and destined to host the Museum. Scassa Tapestries.

Museo "Bersano" delle Contadinerie e Stampe antiche del vino

Nizza Monferrato

The museum of “Bersano” collects an important testimony on the processing of wine and life in the ancient Piedmontese farmhouses accompanied by a collection of iconographies from the 16th century to the present day. Among the objects that are found we can name for example hoes, buckets, paioli, sectaci etc. In the museum you can also see very rare labels of all kinds; hand-painted with caricatures and also printed.

Museo Alfieriano

Asti

The Alfierian Museum is located in the house of the poet Vittorio Alfieri. It presents an exhibition of the writer's family heritage with the collections of: furniture, professional tools and a rich documentation on his literary activity. All the furniture in the room is very nice with furniture from the period. The museum is currently open to the public.

Complesso Monumentale di S. Pietro in Consavia

Asti

The Monumental Complex of St. Peter in Consavia is a Catholic church in Asti, consisting of four buildings dating from the twelfth century to the fourteenth century. Within the monumental complex, the museum preserves an archaeological section that includes materials from the Roman period that constituted the funeral kit of burials of the I, II and III centuries AD; a section Egyptian comprising wooden sarcophagi with related mummies, canopic vases, fragments of hieroglyphic inscriptions and a paleontological section dedicated to fossils of the recent tertiary.

Pinacoteca Civica

Asti

The Civic Art Gallery of Asti is located, together with the Museum, in the historic Palazzo Mazzetti, which until 1442 had been a strong house owned by the Asti family of the Turco. Since 1940 the Palace has been the seat of the Civic Art Gallery which includes valuable collections. Among the important works, we must remember the tables of San Martino Alfieri dating back to 1400 and 1500, Michelangelo Pittatore, Giancarlo Aliberti, Guglielmo Caccia, and the section dedicated to Genoese painters from 1600. The property also houses a precious collection of antique fabrics.

Museo Ebraico

Asti

The Jewish Museum of Asti is located in the heart of the city, with its headquarters inside the Synagogue, which was erected in the 18th century. The Museum was established in 1980, to collect and expose Jewish history and culture to the public. It has been hosting a collection of historical documents concerning the life of the Jewish community of Asti since 1300. It is currently open to all interested parties.