What to do and see in Valle Camonica, Lombardy: The Best Museums

Le Cantine dell'Elefante si trovano in via Cavallotti 19, nel centro storico di Lovere (BG), annoverato tra i più bei borghi d'Italia. Grazie a un accurato intervento di recupero e restauro, le Cantine, con le loro magnifiche volte, anticamente chiamate "Cilter" e risalenti al XII secolo d.C., si prestano a essere un atelier espositivo davvero unico nel suo genere, in grado di valorizzare al meglio qualsivoglia mostra o esposizione. All'interno delle Cantine dell'Elefante è allestito il museo del rame.

Since 1974, the museum collects, preserves and exhibits documents and objects and related to the highest front of the First World War: the high altitude territory goes from the “Stelvio Pass” to Garda Lake. Here the war, was fought at almost 13.123 feet high, was called "The White War" for the constant presence of ice and snow. Since 2014, the new exhibition of over 3.280 sq ft, offers to the public images, artifacts and objects in excellent conditions, recovered from the mountains of the Adamello-Presanella and Orltes-Cevedale. The exhibition takes the visitor to experience of historical reflection and meditation abuot most characteristic elements of the White War: Movement, day to day living, surviving in the harsh climate, use of weapons, artillery, transport systems and different mountain equipment, life in the trenches in extreme conditions.

The museum of hydroelectric energy of Valle Camonica is located in the historic power station of Cedegolo, built in 1909-1910 by Egidio Dabbeni, a Brescia-born architect of European renown. The museum itinerary, inaugurated in 2008 but yearly updated with new attractions, tells the story of the water, from its formation in the atmosphere to its fall on the earth, up to the arrival in the hydroelectric plant, where it is transformed into electricity. The large spaces, starting from the suggestive basement, are dedicated to a rich program of events and temporary exhibitions. In 2015, the museum was recognized as an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage, the "road" by which the Council of Europe collects the main sites of the continental industrial heritage.