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There are many museums and historical, artistic and natural sites of interest spread across this region; all of which recount a piece of Valtellina’s civilization.
Besides offering an environmental and natural heritage of incomparable beauty, Valtellina also offers a huge amount of cultural heritage and museums that help to relive the main historical events, customs, costumes and traditions of this mountainous land.
The collections are rich and include various subjects: they range from traditional civic and historical museums that house collections of art and traces of past civilizations, to interesting ethnographic museums which contain the secrets of this rural civilization, its craft workshops and interesting natural history collections, to the uniqueness of original small museums, such as the Picapreda museum in Novata Mezzola on the quarrying of granite, the museum for the woodcutting industry in Talamona or the historical Fire Museum in Mese, Valchiavenna, which illustrates the evolution of the technical equipment used for fire fighting and the emergency services.
Visiting a museum is always an opportunity to understand the region and get closer to the people of Valtellina. 

LIST OF THE MUSEUMS
(By clicking on the name of each museum, you can download the file with the description and the opening hours).

ALTA VALTELLINA AREA:
Carlo Donegani Museum - Bormio, Stelvio Pass
Civic Museum - Bormio
Mineral and Natural History Museum - Bormio 
Valley Museum - S. Caterina Valfurva 
Alpine botanical garden Rezia - Bormio
Venini Fortress, known as the Oga Fortress - Valdisotto

TIRANO AREA:
Besta Palace - Teglio 
Salis Palace - Tirano
D’Oro Lambertenghi Museum House - Tirano 
Ethnographic Museum - Tirano 
Civic Museum Villa Visconti - Grosio
Rupestrian Inscriptions Park - Grosio
Wine Press and Mill - Grosotto

SONDRIO - VALMALENCO AREA:
Historical Museum of the Motorcycle - Sondrio, Mossini
Parish Museum and the Ethnographic Museum - Ponte in Valtellina
Valmalenco Museum - Chiesa in Valmalenco
Valtellina Museum of History and Art - Sondrio
De Piro Castle at Grumello - Montagna in Valtellina
Masegra Castle - Sondrio
Ca’ Zoia and Ca’ Mazza Mill - Montagna in Valtellina
Cavallari Forge - Castello dell’Acqua
Documentation Centre for Protected Areas - Sondrio
Fulvio Grazioli Mineral Collection - Sondrio 

MORBEGNO AREA:
Ecomuseum of the Bitto Valley - Albaredo per S.Marco 
Ecomuseum of Val Gerola - Gerola Alta
Civic Museum - Morbegno
Museum of the Salvage Man - Cosio Valtellino, Sacco
Valmasino Museum - Valmasino, San Martino
Wine Museum - Morbegno, Cerido
Dosso Mill - Rasura

VALCHIAVENNA AREA:
Museum and Piuro excavations - Piuro
Museum of Val Codera - Novate Mezzola, Codera
Jewellery Museum and the Baptistery - Chiavenna
Paradise Park, Valchiavenna Museum - Chiavenna
Picapreda Museum - Novate Mezzola
Valchiavenna Fire Brigade Museum - Chiavenna
Via Spluga and Val San Giacomo Museum (Mu.Vi.S.) - Campodolcino
Cà Bardassa (Bardassa House) - Campodolcino, Fraciscio
Bottonera Mill - Chiavenna 
Forge of Gallivaggio - San Giacomo Filippo
Vertemate Franchi palace - Prosto di Piuro