Type:

Luoghi della cultura; Ente/Istituzione

Category:

Ethnography and anthropology museums

Through, the Carpenter's Museum, it was my intention to tell the story of my job. In June 20th1987, the Museum was born and opened in Tino Sana srl Company premises and then moved in its new and definitive seat in Papa Giovanni XXIII street. The new building, designed by Arch. Cesare Rota Nodari, opened in October, 28th 2000: it has three floors for a total of 3500 sqm with an outside waterfall working saw-mill. The carpenter's story is told through the disposition of the shops presenting several trades of wood working, with the antique wood-made machines and with some old lathes from 1600/1700/1800. Many expressions of people life have been associated to the wood from houses to the shops of the old crafts. At the Museum many bikes are on exhibition some wooden bikes of XIX century, some bikes of XX century and the bikes, T-shirts and trophies belonging to one of our most representative champion: Felice Gimondi, to whom the room is dedicated and where there are also some working tools used by street trader, who worked using a bicycle. The Museum documents the use of wood in the means of transport: in the sledges, in the boats, in the regional carts, in the gigs, in the carriages and cars and even in the planes. On exhibition there is a plane which belonged to a much-decorated Italian pilot: Mr Antonio Locatelli. With the hand-made puppets and their wood house, made by artists from Bergamo, there is an artist shop "Brusafer" of Aldo Caratti for iron hand-working. The Museum has also a library-conference room and some rooms for the drawing school and an equipped area for wood working training school. Whoever visits my Museum will see what I feel in looking at these objects and what they represent for me: the engagement, the efforts, the art and above all my love for one of the trade born with the Man.