Cervi House Museum
Address and contacts
Via Fratelli Cervi, 9 - 42043 Gattatico
0039 0522 678356
info@istitutocervi.it
Museo Casa Cervi
Opening times
Summer hours from March to October
From Tuesday to Friday
10:00 - 13:00
Saturday and Sunday
10:00 - 13:00 / 14:00 - 18:00
Winter hours from November to February
From Tuesday to Friday
09:00 - 13:00
Saturday and Sunday
10:00 - 17:00
Closed on Mondays other than public holidays and on 24, 25, 31 December and 1 January.
Prices
€ 5.00
Reservation required for groups:
gabriella.gotti@istitutocervi.it (for groups)
didattica@istitutocervi.it (for schools)
How to get there
Gattatico
By car
A1 motorway exit in Reggio Emilia, main road No. 9 Via Emilia until Sant'Ilario d'Enza, secondary road No. 38 Sant'Ilario-Gattatico - Sorbolo.
By train
The nearest stations are Sorbolo, that can be reached from Parma through TPER Parma-Suzzara route, and Sant'Ilario d'Enza (8 km), that can be reached from Reggio Emilia by bus No. 2
Historical notes
The museum was built in 1960, but the collection of objects of rural culture dates back to 1970. It finds place in the rural house where the seven Cervi brothers lived; these were arrested by the Nazi-Fascists November 25, 1943, (then shot December 28, 1943) because they began the Resistance movement in the Reggio Emilia area.
In the museum there are documents and photos tied to the historical episodes of the Cervi brothers, the Resistance movement and rural culture. There are also working tools belonging to a rural family of the first half of this century. Moreover, the museum promotes various meetings, exhibitions and cultural activities, hosts an Agriculture History Library and a Naive Art picture collection.
In the farm surrounding the house was recently realized an agro-environmental park with a guided route in the history of the territory and the relations among man and environment, agriculture and landscape.
Cervi Museum House Outside |
Cervi Museum House Opposition to fascism and Resistance |
Cervi Museum House Political and social traditions in the italian countrysides |
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