Type:

Luoghi della cultura; Ente/Istituzione

Category:

Art museums; History museums

The museum boasts an exceptional collection of over 300 carriages (of varying age, origin and destination) with their saddles, tack and harnesses. All examples are carefully preserved. Also on display are theme paintings, carriage models, precious porcelain, objects, armours, helmets, saddle blankets, antique weapons, ancient equipment, many antique toys, farm equipment, accessories and peculiarities. Among the many objects, visitors can admire the magnificent representation saloons used by governors, magistrates, princes, popes and Knights of Malta, luxurious landaus, the chariots used in "Ben Hur" and "Gladiator", old coaches, the coach harnesses from the movie "Stagecoach", the cart for the Napoleonic cannon used in the movie "The Baron of Manchausen", the Irish carriage used in "The Quiet Man", the "Electric Horseman” (similar to that of the famous movie starring Robert Redford), the Egyptian chariot of Aida, the landau used by the then bishop Karol Wojtyla to go skiing in Zagopane in Poland, the wagon of Anna Magnani, the children’s car given to a princess, the omnibus carrying 15 passengers with trips costing 5 coins, coupés, all types of convertible carriages, the Western caravan, the stagecoach, work wagons, ancient Sicilian carts, wagons for firemen and agricultural use, Eastern carriages and much more.