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Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at 8:30 AM at musil - Valle Camonica Hydroelectric Energy Museum (in via Roma n.48 in Cedegolo) will host the presentation of the new version of the "360° Hydroelectric" installation: in addition to allowing visitors to explore the 3D reconstruction of the Cedegolo Hydroelectric Power Plant when it was still operational, now thanks to Virtual Reality, the installation will allow visiting the exterior of the hydroelectric plant on Lake Pantano d'Avio.
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Also this year, MUSIL, in collaboration with the Schilpario Ethnographic Museum, organizes an event for the recurrence of Saint Barbara, patron saint of miners. In 2026, two stories of mining and emigration will take center stage, told by Maria Luisa Garberi and Cristina Grassi (Schilpario Mine and Ethnographic Museum).
These words will be accompanied by images and artifacts, but also by songs related to the world of mines: thanks to folksinger and researcher Michele Dal Lago, we will also [...]
First of all the workshops of the Iron Museum, which has just reopened, offer, in addition to an interactive visit in a highly evocative space, more playful activities for younger children on tools and daily life of the past, but also workshops on old PCs and a focus on the use of Artificial Intelligence in productive contexts. In addition to an original lesson on the history of [...]
MUSIL hosts, in the evocative spaces of its Cedegolo headquarters, an exhibition dedicated to the Olympic Games and the culture of sport.
The initiative is part of the Project “EMOTION OF THE GAMES - CULTURES THROUGH SPORT - Itineraries in Lombardy for the «Cultural Olympics»”, promoted by Lombardy Region – Culture Directorate, realized by FICTS - Fédération Internationale Cinéma Télévision Sportifs as part of the Cultural Olympiad of the [...]
On Friday, August 22, 2025, at 8:30 PM, the Valle Camonica Hydroelectric Energy Museum (at Via Roma no. 48 in Cedegolo) will host the show "My Brother on the Trees".
Centopercento Teatro presents a theatre and aerial acrobatics show in which a child named Biagio divides himself into three and tries to confront his mythical and revolutionary older brother Cosimo, who had decided never to set foot on the ground again.
“I will not come down anymore!” thus, from the branch of an oak tree, a [...]
Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 August 2025 from 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM at MUSIL - Valle Camonica Hydroelectric Energy Museum (in via Roma n.48 in Cedegolo) will host "Carousel Weekend", a two-day non-stop event featuring the most famous Italian TV program: dozens of animations with Caio Gregorio, Tacabanda, Gringo, and many others.
Admission: full price €6.00, reduced price €4.00, free from the 2nd child (included) onwards, free for children under 6 years old.
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Sunday, August 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM at MUSIL - Hydroelectric Energy Museum of Valle Camonica (in via Roma no. 48 in Cedegolo) will host "Star-gazing: St. Lawrence's Night at the Telescope", the starry sky observed with a telescope on the most magical night of the year, St. Lawrence's Night.
With Prof. Andrea Zamboni (MUSIL's educational manager).
Admission: full price €6.00, reduced €4.00, free from the 2nd child (inclusive) onwards, free under 6 years old.
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MUSIL organizes an evening to explore the figure of Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), Serbian (later naturalized American) physicist and electrical engineer, famous for his discoveries and inventions in the field of electromagnetism.
At 6:00 PM, the evening begins with a historical and scientific overview of Tesla's figure, led by Andrea Zamboni (MUSIL's educational manager).
At 8:30 PM, there will be a screening of the film "Tesla's Tree": the story of the great scientist's [...]
On Friday, August 1, we will discover a story of innovation with strong Italian characteristics: before Sega and Nintendo, before Commodore and Atari, various Italian companies already produced electronic devices to play at home with the television. This is their forgotten story. The guide will be Andrea Contato, a fiction and non-fiction writer, researcher, and video game enthusiast.
"It is common belief that video games and home consoles were born in the United States, then exploded thanks [...]