Portale del Lago di Como

The rich history of Lake Como is preserved in several museums which represent small treasures of art and culture, proof of the importance that our territory had throughout the centuries.
Some of these museums are of great importance, and they attract visitors from all over Italy and from abroad; they are dedicated either to the excellences of the area, or they focus on famous people who were born or lived on Lake Como.
Not to be forgotten, however, are the small museums that collect objects, relics and various proofs of the rural and farming life that once characterized the territory, in particular of those towns immersed in the valleys or in the Brianza area.

Here below a listing of the museums, villas and gardens that are open to the public with the opening times and admission fees.

Do not miss:

In Lecco:

• Villa Manzoni, Manzonian Museum and city art gallery
• Palazzo Belgiojoso, Natural History Museum, Archaeological Museum, History Museum and Planetarium
• Torre Viscontea (Viscontea Tower)
• Palazzo delle Paure (Palace of Fears)
• Ecomuseo del distretto dei monti e dei laghi briantei (Ecomuseum of the mountain and lakes of the Brianza area)

In the province of Lecco:

• Civico Museo setificio Monti (Monti civic silk museum) in Abbadia Lariana
• Parco Museo minerario dei Piani Resinelli (Piani Resinelli mineral museum park) in Abbadia Lariana
• Museo Medardo Rosso (Medardo Rosso Museum) in Barzio
• Orrido (The Gorge) in Bellano
• Museo della casa Natale di Giuseppe Parini (Giuseppe Parini birthplace Museum) in Bosisio Parini
• Museo della Casa Natale di Cesare Cantù (Cesare Cantù Birthplace Museum) in Brivio
• Ecomuseo della Valle San Martino (Valle San Martino Ecomuseum) in Calolziocorte
• Museo Parrocchiale “Don Carlo Villa” (“Don Carlo Villa” Parish Museum) in Calolziocorte
• Il Museo e La Valle dei Muratori Ca’ Martì (“Ca’ Martì” Bricklayer Museum and Valley) in Carenno
• Raccolta dell’Associazione Storico-Culturale Sant’Agostino (Collection of the Saint Augustine Cultural-Historical Association) in Cassago Brianza
• Museo della Cultura Contadina (Museum of the Farmer Culture) in Colico
• Museo fotografico Antonio Bellomi (Antonio Bellomi Photographic Museum) in Cortenova
• Museo delle Grigne (Grigne Museum) in Esino Lario
• Museo Etnografico dell’Alta Brianza MEAB (Ethnographic Museum of the Upper Brianza) in Galbiate
• Museo Archeologico del Barro MAB (Archaeological Park of Mount Barro) in Galbiate
• Ecomuseo della Valvarrone (Valvarrone Ecomuseum) in Introzzo
• Museo Giannino Castiglioni (Giannino Castiglioni Museum) in Lierna
• Museo Moto Guzzi (Moto Guzzi Motorcycle Museum) in Mandello del Lario
• Museo della Torre di Maggiana (Museum of the Tower of Maggiana) in Mandello del Lario
• Museo Alpino “Casa della Memoria” (Alpine Museum “House of Memory”) in Margno
• Museo Civico di Storia Naturale “Don M. Ambrosioni” (“M. Ambrosioni” Civic Museum of Natural History) in Merate
• Fondazione Giuseppe Mozzanica (Foundation Giuseppe Mozzanica) in Merate
• Casa Museo di Moggio (Moggio House Museum) in Moggio
• Raccolta museale del Vino e della Civiltà Contadina in Brianza (Wine and Brianza Rural Civilization Museum) in Montevecchia
• Museo all'aperto (Openair Museum) in Morterone
• Museo del Presepe (Nativity Museum) in Osnago
• Ecomuseo Adda di Leonardo (Leonardo’s Adda Ecomuseum) in Paderno d'Adda
• Museo Etnografico (Ethnographic Museum) in Premana
• Museo della Vita Contadina di San Tomaso (San Tomaso Rural Life Museum) in Valmadrera
• Museo Ornitologico e di Scienze Naturali “Scanagatta”             (“Scanagatta” Ornithological and Natural Science Museum) in Varenna
• Museo del Latte e della Storia della Val Muggiasca - MUU (Dairy and Val Muggiasca History Museum - MUU) in Vendrogno
• Casa Cittadini Museo “Le Sorgenti” (“Le Sorgenti” Casa Cittadini Museum) in Vercurago