News and Events - Musil Brescia

The MUSIL - San Bartolomeo Iron Museum is pleased to present the full program of events for Autumn 2026, a calendar rich in cultural and recreational appointments designed for an audience of all ages.

The program includes guided tours, study days, theater shows, concerts, literary-themed escape rooms, and meetings dedicated to prominent authors. The events will take place at the San Bartolomeo Iron Museum, located in Via del Manestro n.107, San Bartolomeo District, 25136 Brescia, offering an [...]

Friday, August 28, 2026, from 8:30 PM to 10:00 PM, the Valle Camonica Hydroelectric Energy Museum presents “Stamps and Patterns,” a creative workshop dedicated to discovering techniques used to decorate paper and fabrics.
How are the patterns that repeat on fabrics, gift wrap, and other materials created? During the activity, participants will create actual stamp matrices, experimenting with shapes, colors, and graphic combinations to create original and ever-changing patterns.
The workshop, [...]

On Friday, August 21, 2026, at 8:30 PM, the Cedegolo Hydroelectric Energy Museum hosts “Vita Nuova”, a theatrical performance dedicated to children and families, by Centopercento Teatro.

Dante is inexperienced, curious, confused: he falls, gets up, falls again. He writes, asks for advice, sings, because the arrival of a Beatrice
in his life has turned everything upside down. Beside him is a suspended figure, an acrobat who embodies the vertical dimension of desire, of the ideal, of what [...]

On Tuesday, August 18, 2026, MUSIL - the Hydroelectric Energy Museum of Valle Camonica proposes "A Short Journey to the Origins of Energy", a guided tour of the historic SEB basin of Cedegolo, today transformed into a park.

The basin was a fundamental element of the ancient hydroelectric plant: from here the water of the Oglio river began its journey through forced conduits, feeding the turbines of the power station that today houses MUSIL. The park is located about a 15-minute walk from the [...]

The Pro Loco Sonico, in collaboration with MUSIL, is pleased to announce a special evening dedicated to observing the celestial sphere, titled "I Light Up Immensely".

The event will offer participants the opportunity to admire the celestial sphere through a telescope, under the expert guidance of physicist Prof. Andrea Zamboni, head of the MUSIL Didactic Area.

The appointment is set for Monday, August 17th in Garda di Sonico. The meeting point is scheduled for 9:30 PM at the "Ai Crap" [...]

On the occasion of Ferragosto, the Valle Camonica Hydroelectric Energy Museum offers an extraordinary opening to spend a day discovering the history of energy, industry, and the territory.

Saturday, August 15, 2026, the museum will be open continuously from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM. Throughout the day, it will be possible to visit the exhibition with a discounted entrance ticket of 5 euros.
A special opportunity to learn about the imposing former Cedegolo hydroelectric power plant, delve [...]

On Monday, August 10, 2026, from 8:30 PM to 10:30 PM, the Valle Camonica Hydroelectric Energy Museum invites adults and children to spend St. Lawrence's night looking up at the sky.

To See the Stars Again is an evening dedicated to observing the starry sky through a telescope, on the night traditionally associated with shooting stars and wishes.

The activity will be led by Andrea Zamboni, MUSIL's educational manager, who will guide the public in discovering the stars and phenomena visible [...]

On Friday, August 7, 2026, at 8:30 PM, the Museum of Hydroelectric Energy in Cedegolo hosts “Giacomino and the Magic Beanstalk”, a theatrical show dedicated to children and families, by Centopercento Teatro.

The celebrated fairy tale of Giacomino, the mysterious bean, and the plant capable of reaching the sky comes to life in the museum's spaces through the language of theater and circus arts. An engaging and imaginative event, designed for audiences aged 4 and up.

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On Friday, July 31, 2026, from 8:30 PM to 10:00 PM, the Valle Camonica Hydroelectric Energy Museum hosts Ink Monotype Print, a creative activity for adults and children.

During the workshop, participants will be able to discover the technique of monotype, experimenting with the printing process and the expressive possibilities of an artistic practice capable of creating original and unique images.

After a brief introductory session, the public will be involved in creating prints and in the [...]

Friday, July 24, 2026, from 9:00 PM to 10:30 PM, the Hydroelectric Energy Museum of Valle Camonica in Cedegolo (BS) presents Behind the Scenes of the exhibition The last days. The Adamello glacier in Michele Gusmeri's photographs, an evening dedicated to high-altitude photography and video filming carried out with 19th-century cameras.

Through stories, images, and videos, the creative process behind high-altitude photographic work will be retraced: anecdotes from the field, technical [...]