Museums in Italy

The Museum is dedicated to the ‘Red Arrow’ race and was brought to life by the Mille Miglia Museum Association. It was established in December 1996 by a group of Brescian businessmen known as the “Friends of the Mille Miglia”. The Association today has 50 shareholders. The new Museum was opened to the public on 10 November 2004. Setting up this project involved restoring the Sant’Eufemia monastery complex, owned by the Brescia municipality. The property is of huge archaeological, historical and architectural value and had for some time been undergoing relentless degradation.

MOGAM - Modern Gallery of Arts and Motors - is a unique art and automotives Museum in Italy and it derives from the true passion for cars and figurative arts. Inside MOGAM museum, besides the main artistic and car halls, there is even a section dedicated to "Targa Florio" where there are numerous antiques, some of which are books, trophies, pictures and different "memorabilia".

The collection consists of a hundred of motorcycles mainly mopeds, objects and various documents. Additionally there are quite a few auxiliary engines, especially from the period 1945 to 1958.

This factory museum is lined with dozens of motorcycles representing the rich history of Moto Guzzi motorcycles.

UPDATE 2025: The museum is closed for renovation

The Motorcycles Collection of Pasquale Mesto can be considered the official collection of Italjet Brand and arises from the ashes of the exhibition of historical models of the 90s at the historic home of the motorcycle manufacturer in San Lazzaro di Savena. Today, the collection has over 30 models produced in the 50 years of Italjet’s life that tell the attitude of Leopoldo Tartarini to anticipate styles with masterly inventiveness.

The museum was born in Garlenda, the hometown of the Fiat 500 Club Italia, to spread the myth of the Fiat 500, which has now become a social, cultural and customary phenomenon. The Club of Garlenda put together this Museum.

The Museum, which is part of the Museum System of the University of Palermo, has important collections of engines, mechanisms and one of the five remaining aircraft FIAT G.59. For the importance of its heritage it has been awarded, the first in Italy, as ASME Landmark. The oldest pieces date from the half of the nineteenth century and several pieces have been employed for research and didactic purpose.

This museum, which occupies four rooms at a local castle was opened in 1991. There are hand pumps from the 18th century, in the 2nd and 3rd room a lot of fire engines, amphibious vehicles and fire trucks. In the fourth room there are uniforms, helmets and a helicopter from 1956.

This comprehensive museum showcases the industrial history of Bologna. "In the motor section we come across motorcycle stories and companies with a particular look at the components sector essential for producing the different parts, and then the car industry as seen through the eyes of the Maserati brothers, first in their workshop in via dei Pepoli from 1914, then in the OSCA workshop in San Lazzaro from 1947."

The Enrico Bernardi Machine Museum houses precious examples of internal combustion engines that shaped the history of European motor technology in the second half of the 19th century. From the first Pia engines to the four-stroke Lauro engines, to the three-wheeled vehicle, all the exhibits on display are the work of Enrico Bernardi and represent milestones in Italian engineering.