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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 [...]
On Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 September 2025, the San Bartolomeo Iron Museum presents “Animated Weekend”, a non-stop two-day event (from 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM) featuring Gamma Film animations, a treasure of creativity preserved by MUSIL: dozens of “caroselli” (short animated commercials) and animated films such as The Long Green Stocking and The Ballad of the West are scheduled.
A walk through the waters north of Brescia, starting from the historic Mompiano Spring, passing through the Garza and Bova rivers, up to the Iron Museum.
- Meeting point: 9:00 AM, Mompiano metro station.
- After visiting the Spring with an A2A technician, the route will be divided into 3 stages, with residents sharing their stories of the place.
- Duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes.
The initiative is promoted by MUSIL and the Institute of Cultural Heritage Sciences of the National [...]
On Saturday, September 20, 2025, at 6:00 PM, at the Iron Museum "Lodovico Giordani" in San Bartolomeo (via del Manestro n.107 in Brescia), the "Flute Solo" concert with Laura Bersani will take place.
A member of the Altrevoci Ensemble, Laura Bersani’s extensive international activity includes the very recent recording of An Index of Metals, the latest work by composer Fausto Romitelli.
Artistic Direction: Rossano Pinelli
PROGRAM
J.S. Bach - Partita [...]
Friday 12 September 2025 in Milan, at the CNR Milan 1 Research Area (via A. Corti n. 12) will host the Conference "Reinventing Industrial Museums for a new image of ITaly".
This is a moment of reflection among scholars and experts on the potential of Industrial Museums and the culture of work, to exchange experiences and good practices to reinvent their role and strengthen their community dimension, so as to make them more resilient to crisis factors.
The Conference [...]
MUSIL organizes an evening to look with new eyes at our most used sense: sight.
A playful lesson for adults and children starting from a question: can we always trust what we see? From optical illusions the easy answer.
In the second part, to be carried out strictly in the dark, with numerous experiments and demonstrations, we will talk about the light spectrum: from infrared, to visible light, up to ultraviolet. And starting from the latter, we will focus on a natural [...]
The musil – "Lodovico Giordani" Iron Museum presents a calendar of evening events, a concert, an urban walk, and a weekend of screenings dedicated to historical animation for the month of September. The initiatives take place at its headquarters in the San Bartolomeo District, at Via del Manestro 107, in Brescia.
Program
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September 6, from 8:30 PM – "Museum at Night"
Discovering a city's heritage in a special light. -
September 12, 8:30 PM – "A World of Colors"
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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 [...]