What to do and see in Province of Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna: The Best Specialty Museums

The Cervi Museum is located in the low plain around Reggio Emilia and it is set in the house where the Cervi family lived from 1934, a wide farmhouse located at “Campirossi”, a plot of land with an extension of 53 “biolche reggiane” (about 16 hectares) on the border between the villages of Gattatico and Campegine. The Cervi Museum originated from the collection of objects that the family of the seven brothers preserved since the years of the war and those that were given to them afterwards (printed materials and manuscripts, honors and official decorations, albums, relics, artworks). These materials first found a place during the sixties in a specific small room created during the enlargement of the building. With the re-qualification of the building, a new museum itinerary has been shaped: starting from the extraordinary living, working, and fighting experience of the Cervi family to the work in the countryside, anti-fascism and Resistance.

Collezione Maramotti is a private contemporary art collection located in the historical headquarters of Max Mara company, in Reggio Emilia. The permanent collection can be visited with free admission and upon booking, and it comprises a relevant selection of more than two hundred works from 1945 till the present day, presenting the most significant artistic trends from the second half of the 20th century. The Collection also shows temporary exhibitions and site-specific projects with continuity. The visit to the permanent collection is accompanied by a member of our staff, for no more than twenty-five visitors at a time, and should be booked in advance. Visits start at: 3.00pm on Thursday and Friday; 10.30am and 3.00pm on Saturday and Sunday.