From collections of butterflies to the relics of the Resistance, from nautical tools to religious objects: discovering the other wonderful Museums of western Liguria.
BORDIGHERA
Clarence Bicknell Library Museum
Collection of butterflies, watercolors of flowers and plants, numismatic collections, archaeological finds, casts, frottage.
Via C. Bicknell, 3. Tel. 0184-263694.
Open Monday to Friday 9.30-13 and 13.30-17.
CARPASIO
Partisan Museum
Uniforms, photos, weapons, memorabilia of the Resistance.
Costa Hamlet. Tel. 0184-49017.
Open in summer on Saturdays and Sundays 9-18.
Free admission (best to book).
CERVO
Ethnographic Museum of western Liguria
Household, agricultural and nautical tools and furnishings of the last century.
Tel. 0183-408197.
Opening hours: 9-12.30 and 15.30-19 (in summer, also 21-23).
Open every day.
Free admission.
DIANO CASTELLO
Suor Leonarda Ranixe Museum
Documents, religious objects, books, tools and memorabilia belonging to Sister Leonarda Ranixe.
P.zza Ranixe, 2. Tel. 0183-494097.
Open on request from 16 to 18.
DIANO MARINA
Museum of the Communitas Diani
Paleontological, Roman, Napoleonic and Risorgimento finds.
Palazzo del Parco. Tel. 0183-496112.
Open July and August from 17.30 to 23.30.
Closed on Mondays.
Free admission.
DOLCEACQUA
Virtual west Liguria
Three-dimensional slide projections on various environmental themes of the hinterland.
At the "Visionarium". Tel. 0184-206638.
IMPERIA
Olive Museum
Tools related to olive growing and oil production; reconstruction of a Roman ship; collection of lamps and cruets from 500 BC to the last century.
Via Garessio, 13 (Oleificio Carli). Tel. 0183-295762.
Opening Hours: 9-12 and 15-18.
Closed on Sundays and Tuesdays.
Free admission.
IMPERIA
International Naval Museum of western Liguria
Naval and nautical finds, vintage models and dioramas.
P.zza Duomo, 11. Tel. 0183-651541.
Open on Wednesdays and Saturdays (summer 21-23; winter 17-19.30).
Free admission.
LUCINASCO
Ethnographic section of the Lazzaro Acquarone Museum
Oil mill, cellar, stable and period house.
Via Roma. Tel. 0183-52425.
Open from June to September on Sundays 10-11 and 16.30-18.30.
Free admission.
SANREMO
Villa Nobel
Laboratory and study of the scientist.
Corso Cavallotti, 116. Tel. 0184-507380.
Open on Thursdays and Saturdays 9-12.
Free admission.
PIGNA
Ethnographic Museum
Antique household, agricultural and craft tools.
Tel. 0184-241016.
Open at irregular hours.
Free admission (best to book).
TRIORA
Ethnographic and Witchcraft Museum
Domestic, agricultural and shepherding tools; documents on the witch trial of 1587 and copies of the relative instruments of torture.
Corso Italia, 9. Tel. 0184-94049.
Opening Hours: 16-19.30 (in summer every day, in winter only on public holidays).
Closed on Mondays.
VALLECROSIA
Temple-Museum of song and sound reproduction
Devices for sound reproduction, records and scores of pop music. Liberty train.
Hamlet of Garibbe - Via Roma, 108. Tel. 0184-291000.
Open to coincide with the attached restaurant.
Closed on Tuesdays.
Free admission.
BAIARDO
Civic Art Gallery
Contemporary works.
Via Roma, 58. Tel. 0184-673054.
Open only on Sundays.
Free admission.
BORDIGHERA
Pompeo Mariani permanent exhibition
Pompeo Mariani paintings, drawings, sketches and watercolors.
Via Romana, 39. Tel. 0184-263601.
Open Monday to Friday 9-12 and 15-17.30.
In summer also on Saturdays and Sundays 21-23.
COLDIRODI
Rambaldi Art Gallery
It exhibits a hundred paintings from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century and a collection of prints.
Open on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays 15-18 and on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays 9-12.
IMPERIA
Civic Art Gallery
Ligurian painting between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Piazza Duomo. Tel. 0183-60847.
Opening Hours: 16-19.
Free admission.
Closed on Mondays.
SANREMO
Picture gallery attached to the Civic Archaeological Museum
Via Matteotti, 143. Tel. 0184 531942.
Opening Hours: 9-12.30 and 15-19.30.
Closed on Mondays and on Sundays afternoon.
TAGGIA
Church of San Domenico (Convent of the Dominicans)
15th century picture gallery (Brea, Canavesio, Molosso).
Tel. 0184-45154.
Opening Hours: 9-12 and 15-18.
Closed on Thursdays.
Free admission.