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Museums of Val Camonica

Museum of rural life, Bienno.
This museum mill, located in a building of the year 1400, is still in all parts in original shape. In ancient times Bienno got rich because of their waters which operated various sawmills, forges, carpentry and mills.
These mills were operated with the same principle of water power which operated their forge hammer. Even today you can look at the two stone-made mills while grinding grain. It is impressive to see how the river is canalized and cascades at the wheel which is operating the mill made of volcanic rock.

Etnographic museum of iron, arts and popular traditions (Museum-Forge), Bienno
Until the 16th century Bienno was the most important center of iron works in Valle Camonica, thanks to the existing water and it's energy. This museum forge is a huge rectangular building with a floor of battered earth, high walls black with smoke. At the outside a huge wheel is operated with the river's waters. All tools of a forge are present: pliers, shovels, pots and buckets. In one of the rooms you find a collection of minerals found in the neighborhood, in parts antique.

Camun Museum CAMUS, Breno
This museum is located in the culture palace in Via Garibaldi. The exhibition shows antique excavation objects such as tools and fixtures, furnitures and wooden or stonemade sculptures. Remarkable are "Crucifixion" by G. Romanino, "Deposizione" by Callisto Piazza, "The Portrait" by G. Ceruti (Pitocchetto), the ceiling of an altar, "Bambocciate" by F. Bocchi and "Putto musicians" by B. Lanino.

Museum of water power, Cedegolo Valcamonica
This museum is dedicated to water power and tells the story of a fundamental era of industrialization in Italy which combines scientific discoveries with the cultural consciousness regarding energy and environment.

Etnographic iron museum "Le Fudine"
It has been founded to conservate the forges of Via S. Antonio and present them to public, one of the most interesting and ancient evidences of the valley's industrialization. The original building is made of two wings in late gothic style what reminds on their foundation in the 14th and 15th century. This forge is one of the oldest forges in Europe. Apart from the main halls with furnaces and forge hammers, water powered bellows, millstones and anvils can be found. Almost all of the forges machinery was powered by water comming from the river Lanico.

Museum of the white war, Temù
It was founded by returnees of the first world war who fought at the Adamello glacier. Volonteers collected various wapons, tools and other fixtures from the glacier which demonstrate the deprivation and efforts of a war who took place under extreme conditions at an altitude of 3.000 meters. This museum displays many projectiles, bombs, wapons and helmets. Equally impressive is the reconstruction of a barack in which fixtures of day-to-days-life such as kitchen utensils, pots and a stove are shown. In it's corridors some fotos are displayed which show images of battlefields.

Etnographic Museum, Vione
On an areal of 250 sqm this etnographic museum "Lzuf" (il giogo, the yoke) numerous fixtures can be found showing the day-to-day-life and field work, traditions and costumes of the people of Valle Camonica. This museum is devided in various parts: one is dedicated to the art of woodcraft, one shows typical female work like crochet works, another one holds agricultural fittings. Finally some roomes have been reconstructed as living rooms, kitchens and bedrooms.