With experiments and curiosities about fluorescence and related topics (by Fabio Ghidini).

Admission: Full price 6,00 €, reduced 4,00 €.
Ticket prices also include museum admission.

For reservations and information: +39 340 60 86 855 - sanbartolomeo@musilbrescia.it

Opening Friday 17 April 2026 at 6:00 PM.

The exhibition will be open at the Iron Museum of San Bartolomeo (in via del Manestro 107 - Brescia) from 18 April to 2 June 2026 every Saturday and Sunday from 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM and on 1 and 2 June from 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM.

On the occasion of the National Made in Italy Day 2026, the Museum of Industry and Labor of Brescia promotes the meeting entitled “The thread of a story. Textiles, fashion, and Made in Italy”, scheduled for Wednesday, April 15, 2026, at 10:00 AM at the Iron Museum in San Bartolomeo, via del Manestro 107 in Brescia.

The initiative is part of the calendar of events dedicated to enhancing Italy's productive and cultural heritage, with a specific focus on the textile and fashion supply chain, an emblematic sector of Made in Italy.

Institutional greetings:

• Francesco Fontana, President of the Museum of Industry and Labor of Brescia
• Prof. Paolo Sacchini, Director of the SantaGiulia Academy of Fine Arts
• Marco Zannier, Cotonella SpA - Fashion and Textile Sector of Confindustria Brescia

Moderated by: René Capovin, Scientific Director of MUSIL.

The program includes a series of talks addressing the theme of textiles and fashion from different historical and cultural perspectives:

• "Describing is enhancing. The course in Cataloging and Archive Management at the SantaGiulia Academy of Brescia and the Pontoglio Manufacturing Fund"
  Dr. Alessia Foresti, academic diploma of second level in Communication and Art Didactics
  Dr. Chiara Tabarelli, graduate in Cultural Heritage, student of the second level academic diploma course in Communication and Art Didactics
  Lisa Cattaneo, student of the first level academic diploma course in Communication and Enhancement of Artistic Heritage
   
• "Textiles, fashion, female labor in Italy: construction and promotion of a supply chain from the post-unification era to the 20th century"
  Manuela Soldi, PhD in History of Art and Entertainment, lecturer at the SantaGiulia Academy of Fine Arts
   
• “Made in Italy Fashion. The Fiorucci Case”
  Giannino Malossi, consultant and lecturer at IULM Milan
   
• “Brands and Youth Subcultures”
  Alessandro Lancellotti, journalist

The event represents an opportunity for reflection and in-depth analysis on the historical and contemporary role of the textile and fashion sector in Italy, highlighting the link between production, culture, and national identity.

During Easter weekend, the museums are open with a reduced admission ticket (5.00 €).
Hours: Saturday and Sunday (+ Easter Monday) 2:00 PM-7:00 PM

On the occasion of Easter Eve, from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM, the museum will organize educational workshops for children aged 6 to 11: let's create electrical circuits on paper together, customizing them with imagination and originality.

Admission by reservation: €8.00 / child.

For info and reservations call or send a message on Whatsapp Tel. + 39 3428475113 / Email: cedegolo@musilbrescia.it

The initiatives take place between March 20 and 24, 2026 and focus on the role of water resources in industrial history and contemporary environmental challenges.

On Friday, March 20, 2026, the MUSIL – Valle Camonica Hydroelectric Energy Museum (at via Roma n.48 in Cedegolo) offers the activity “Glaciers and Climate Change”, scheduled from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. The initiative includes a guided tour and thematic workshops organized by Acque Bresciane, dedicated to the theme of glaciers and the effects of climate change.

On March 19 and 24, 2026, at the AEM Foundation (Piazza Po 3, Milan), the “Debate: The Power of Water” will take place, from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM. This initiative is part of the annual collaborations with Fondazione ISEC and the Po Valley Water Routes project. Two classes will debate different positions regarding the use of water resources, through an educational debate-based format.

On Monday, March 23, 2026, the LIUC – Cattaneo University will host the educational experience “Waterways, Industrial Ways”, aimed at schools. The activity combines introductory classroom sessions with field experiences, discovering the places and traces of local industrialization, highlighting the role played by water in the productive development of the territory.

The program concludes on Sunday, March 22, 2026 with a guided tour of the Crespi d’Adda workers' village, a UNESCO site. The visit, scheduled for 4:00 PM at Corso Manzoni 18, will allow participants to discover the importance of water in the factory, homes, and public structures of the industrial village. The cost of the visit is 8 euros, with free admission for children up to 6 years old and people with disabilities.

From March 20th to April 10th, 2026, some prints and an unreleased video from the “Water and Ice” series by artist Pietro Gardoni will be exhibited at the entrance of Manerbio hospital.

Exhibition Abstract

"Water and Ice" is a project by artist Pietro Gardoni, started in the early months of 2021 and developed over the years as a constantly evolving visual research.

Physically entering the frozen streams and rivers of the Alpine arc with his video camera, the artist explores these extreme environments in search of small fragments of landscape. The goal is not to document the territory, but to isolate minimal details — water movements, ice surfaces, reflections, and transparencies — transforming them into images of strong aesthetic value. Each shot thus becomes a kind of moving painting, in which water emerges as an essential symbol of life and hope.

The first video in the series was presented in 2023 at Columbia University in New York during the World Water Film Festival. In the same year, the project was presented at MUSE – Trento Science Museum during World Water Day.

In the summer of 2023, an installation consisting of three videos, with a soundtrack by Silvio Uboldi, was presented at Musil – Hydroelectric Energy Museum in Cedegolo. Subsequently, the project became part of the museum's permanent exhibition, in the Sala delle Sfere (Hall of Spheres) which introduces the visit, with a version accompanied by a soundtrack by Luca Formentini.

In 2024, one of the works from the series was projected onto a snow wall in Edmonton, Canada, and subsequently presented in France and the United Kingdom.

The project, which has become one of the cardinal points of the artist's research, is still ongoing and will continue to develop through new soundtracks, further installation forms, and a series of limited edition artist's books.

These images, filmed last winter, are now exhibited at the entrance of Manerbio hospital with the hope that they can offer patients and visitors a small sign of hope.

Statement from Musil Director

MUSIL Foundation strongly supports Pietro Gardoni's artistic journey, aimed at reawakening people's sensitivity to the beauty of nature. Water was an abundant resource, it no longer is — it was and remains a source of wonder and life, as these affectionate works help us to keep in mind and in our senses.

René Capovin, Director of Musil

Statement from the General Director of ASST Garda

Manerbio Hospital and the Mella river share a silent but profound history, made of geographical and symbolic proximity. The Mella, with its continuous flow, has always represented a vital resource for the surrounding territory.

Similarly, the hospital is configured as a place of care, where life is protected, regenerated, and supported every day.

Water therefore becomes a metaphor for life, but also for collective responsibility.

Like flowing water, medicine is also based on a principle of continuity: intervening, rebalancing, restoring well-being.

Water thus becomes a symbolic element that unites nature and science. It evokes

purification, rebirth, but also responsibility. Water today in all its sources is to

be considered a limited and precious resource and challenges the balance of entire territories, just as human health can be compromised if not carefully protected.

Within an exhibition dedicated to water, an essential symbol of life and hope, this connection takes on an even more significant value.

Roberta Chiesa, General Director of ASST Garda

After a brief presentation of the work done, the third-grade middle school class of the "Zendrini" Comprehensive Institute of Cedegolo will be able to try out the museum's viewers and virtually visit the Pantano d'Avio plant.

The initiative is carried out thanks to the contribution of Enel.

The initiative, which will be held Monday, January 19, 2026, from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM at the Luigi Micheletti Foundation (in via Cairoli 9, Brescia), is aimed at teachers and interested citizens.

The meeting aims to deepen the system of forced labor imposed by Nazifascism during World War II, highlighting the central role of forced labor in the war economy and in the political and ideological mechanisms of “total war”. Particular attention will be dedicated to the experience of deportation and resistance in the province of Brescia, from which numerous civilians destined for forced labor in Germany were transferred.

From a didactic perspective, the topic offers starting points for addressing with students the relationship between war, industry, and state violence, stimulating reflections on human rights, dehumanization processes, and the value of democracy.

C. Di Sante 3:00 PM-5:00 PM: “Human material”: forced labor, total war and memory. Understanding Nazifascism through the history of exploitation.

M. Ruzzenenti 5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Working in Brescian industries during the RSI era between coercion and resistance. 

See you next year in Cedegolo, San Bartolomeo and Rodengo Saiano!

The online vote awarded: "Heidi Bjørgan: Meet the Ceramicist Who Was Meant to Be a Footballer", by Frode Bakken from the Bergen Art Museum (Norway).

The International Jury granted a special mention to "Gilgamesh", by Hossein Moradizadeh (Iran) for the aesthetic quality of the work. 

The eleventh winner of Museums in Short is the video "Living in a digital world", by Yiotis Vrantzas, for the Noesis Science Centre & Technology Museum in Thessaloniki (Greece). The Jury's motivations are as follows:

"We all live in a digital world, we know that, but what does this expression truly mean? Yiotis Vrantzas and NOESIS - Science Centre & Technology Museum in Thessaloniki offer a powerful representation of human life in a world governed by "0" and "1". Love, art, dreams, religion are seen in their contemporary and digital version: neither apology nor condemnation, this work appears as a serious and poetic reflection on the impact of information and communication technologies on people's daily lives. In this ultra-fast world, the pace is slow; in an era of vivid colors, the animation is black and white - in short, what is proposed is a counter-story of our time, raising questions through highly evocative images".

The winner receives a trophy and an invitation to Best in Heritage 2026, the international event that annually gathers all winners of awards related to museums and cultural heritage. 

The 2026 edition of the Award was promoted by MUSIL in collaboration with EMA – European Museum and FSK - Forum of Slavic Cultures, with the contribution of Regione Lombardia. 

Promotion and communication: Clara Pérez Almodóvar and Gea Polimeni. 

For information: sanbartolomeo@musilbrescia.it

registration recommended,

For information and registration: sanbartolomeo@musilbrescia.it - Tel. 340 60 86 855

The initiative will take place on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, starting at 9:30 AM at the "Lodovico Giordani" Iron Museum in San Bartolomeo (via del Manestro n.107 in Brescia).

The day's program is attached.

For information: sanbartolomeo@musilbrescia.it -  Tel. 340 60 86 855

The event will take place Sunday, October 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM at the  "Lodovico Giordani" Iron Museum in San Bartolomeo (at Via del Manestro no.107 in Brescia).

For information: sanbartolomeo@musilbrescia.it - Tel. 340 60 86 855.

"Nimble fingers", by Parsifal Reparato, tells the story of migrant women workers in the factories of the world's largest electronics brands in Vietnam. For a year, the anthropologist filmmaker lived in Vietnam, between the outskirts of Hanoi and a remote Muong village in the Northern highlands of the country, where he managed to live with this community and tell their conditions, never before told through audiovisual means. This research recently led to the creation of the new film SHE, which just had its world premiere in Locarno and will be selected in several international festivals in the coming months.

"Banzavóis" by Lorenzo Casali, winner of the 2024 'Roberto Gavioli' National Film Competition, recounts the radical transformation process of the former Isotta Fraschini industrial area in Saronno, twenty kilometers from Milan. The director followed the work for two years, creating a narrative that is a kaleidoscopic journey into the history of the site, abandoned for 30 years. In Banzavóis, the factory becomes a space for a narrative where memory of work, anti-fascism, conflict, and decommissioning intertwine.
The film's title takes up a term coined by Carlo Emilio Gadda, in assonance with "mais" (corn), to refer to maize, a symbol of Lombard agricultural production.

An aperitif with the author and Silvio Grasselli, film critic and President of the Competition Jury, will follow.

For information and reservations: sanbartolomeo@musilbrescia.it - Tel. 340 60 86 855

 

For more information on Nimble Fingers:

https://www.facebook.com/shenimblefingers
https://www.instagram.com/she_nimblefingers/
https://www.antropica.org/it/project/she-lei/
https://www.antropica.org/it/project/nimble-fingers/
https://www.facebook.com/antropica.film
https://www.facebook.com/parsifal.reparato
https://www.instagram.com/antropica.film/
https://www.instagram.com/parsifalreparato/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/79299004/
https://x.com/Antropica_film
https://x.com/parsifalrep

For more information on Banzavóis:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9y6ic-Wq6E
https://www.filmmakerfest.com/FilmFestival/2457

• October 4 – Stories of Work | Screenings
  5:00 PM – Nimble Fingers, by Parsifal Reparato, Italy–Vietnam (52’). The work of young Vietnamese women in hi-tech factories.
  6:00 PM – Banzavois, by Lorenzo Casali, Italy (74’), winner of the 2024 Roberto Gavioli National Competition. In the former Isotta Fraschini in Saronno: memory of work, anti-fascism, conflict, and decommissioning. Followed by an aperitif with the author and with Silvio Grasselli, President of the Jury.
• October 12 – White Line Fever: the music of American truck drivers | Lecture-Concert
  5:00 PM – By Michele Dal Lago and Alle B. Goode. With aperitif.
• October 15 – A Steel Story. Before and after continuous casting in Brescia | Study Day
  9:30 AM – Sixty years after a crucial innovation, this study day places this technical turning point in the long history of a territorial vocation and looks at the prospects of a central supply chain in contemporary society.
• October 19 – Voices on Stage | Workshop for adults and children (registration recommended)
  4:00 PM – Short scenes from cartoons and silent films are re-dubbed by participants. Fun guaranteed with free and imaginative interpretations. By Giorgia Novellini.
• October 26 – One Hundred Years of Luciano Berio (1925-2025) | Concert
  3:00 PM – Talk by Maestro Maurizio Erbi: “For the ideal woman. Berio's sensibility and Cathy's genius”. Followed by a concert by Giulia Bardella with 20th-century guitar music.

Admission

• Full price ticket: € 5.00
• Reduced ticket (up to 18 years, over 70 years, affiliated): € 3.00
• Free: children under 6 years and group escorts
• Family ticket: free from the 2nd child (inclusive) onwards

musil – "Lodovico Giordani" Iron Museum
San Bartolomeo District – Via del Manestro 107, 25136 Brescia (BS)

For information and reservations: sanbartolomeo@musilbrescia.it - Tel. +39 340 60 86 855

The initiative is promoted by MUSIL and the Institute of Cultural Heritage Sciences of the National Research Council (CNR ISPC) as a COE heritage walk and is part of the ERIH Regional Route program.
The activity is organized in collaboration with: A2A, San Bartolomeo Community Point, CDQ San Bartolomeo, CDQ Casazza, ProLoco Mompiano, ass. Brescia Underground.

Free event - MANDATORY BOOKING: sanbartolomeo@musilbrescia.it

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 in A minor BMW 1013
C. Debussy - Syrinx
E. Varèse - Density 21.5
L. Berio - Sequenza I
S. Sciarrino - Thanksgiving Canzona
T. Hosokawa - Vertical Song I
C. Boccadoro - After
 

Admission: € 5
Booking required: sanbartolomeo@musilbrescia.it

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 is organized by the National Research Council – Institute of Cultural Heritage Sciences, with the support of the University of Milan (UNIMI), the Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria (UNIRC) and with the patronage of AIPAI, ICOM Italia, the Italian Geotourism Association (GT) and the Humanitarian Society.

The event is part of the activities of the ReMusiIT project - PRIN 2022 - EU Funding - NextGenerationEU - M4.C2.1.1. (n. 2022X5KWKT, CUP Master_B53D23034050006).
 

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 phenomenon that we experience every day, but rarely notice: fluorescence.

The meeting will be held on Friday, September 12, 2025, at 8:30 PM at MUSIL - Iron Museum of San Bartolomeo (in via del Manestro n.107 in Brescia).
 

Admission:

• Full: € 5.00
• Reduced (up to 18 years, over 70 years, affiliated): € 3.00
• Children under 6 and group escorts: free
• Family ticket: free from the 2nd child (inclusive) onwards

For information and reservations:
sanbartolomeo@musilbrescia.it / +39 340 60 86 855

Program

• 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"
  Experiments and curiosities on optical effects, fluorescence, and more. Activities for children and adults.
• September 20, 6:00 PM – "Laura Bersani, solo flute"
  Concert at the museum by a member of the Altrevoci Ensemble; among her extensive international activities, the very recent recording of An Index of Metals, the last work by composer Fausto Romitelli, is noteworthy.
• September 21, 9:00 AM – "The Waters Above Brescia" (free)
  Group walk between the Fonte di Mompiano, the Garza, and the Bova, with local people as guides who will tell their story.
• September 27–28, 2:00 PM–7:00 PM – "Animated Weekend"
  Two non-stop days with Gamma Film animations, a treasure of creativity preserved by MUSIL: dozens of “caroselli” and animated films such as La lunga calza verde and La ballata del West are scheduled.

Tickets

• Full: € 5.00
• Reduced (up to 18 years, over 70 years, affiliated): € 3.00
• Children under 6 and group escorts: free
• Family ticket: free from the 2nd child (inclusive) onwards

Contacts and Information
musil – "Lodovico Giordani" Iron Museum
San Bartolomeo District – Via del Manestro 107, 25136 Brescia (BS)
Tel. +39 030 3750663 – www.musilsanbartolomeo.it
For information: +39 340 60 86 855.

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 Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. 

An original, interactive, and engaging exhibition featuring a photographic display and exciting images and videos with memorable moments of female athletes at the Olympic Games.

The museum will be open on all weekends in September (Saturday and Sunday – 14.00-19.00).
Admission to the exhibition will be free. 
Visitors interested in also seeing the museum can enjoy a discounted access (€ 4.00).

For information: cedegolo@musilbrescia.it

THE PROJECT

With the aim of enriching the event of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games and at the same time enhancing the cultural excellences of the territory, Lombardy Region - Culture Directorate, with the operational support of FICTS - Federation Internationale Cinema Television Sportifs, promotes the Project: EMOTION OF THE GAMES - Culture through Sport. 

The Project, consistent with the “Three-Year Program for Culture 2023 - 2025” and included in the Cultural Olympiad program of the Milano Cortina 2026 Foundation, foresees the implementation of actions aimed at promoting the Olympic territories and the legacy of the Olympics, and accompanying Lombard citizens and local institutions on a path towards the Games in an integrated perspective among various policies: sport, culture, tourism, school.

The events aim to spread “sports and Olympic culture for all” with Olympic Projections and Images, making the spirit of Olympism accessible to the largest possible number of people, through the involvement of local institutional and associative, cultural, and sports fabric.