Museums and entertainment parks

For lovers of art, culture and history, we mention some of the museums situated in our region:

  • the Landscape Museum housed in Palazzo Viani, in Verbania Pallanza, is one of the focal points of the local artistic heritage, with the most important collection of paintings and sculpture of the area;
  • the Civic Archeologic Museum in Mergozzo;
  • the Museum of the Art of Hat-making in Ghiffa, where the history of Italian glamour in hat-making is displayed;
  • the Toy and doll Museum at Rocca d'Angera, where are collected vintage toys, among the most beautiful in European history;
  • the Museum of the Umbrella and Parasol in Gignese;
  • the “Acquamondo” Water Museum in Cossogno;
  • the Ecomuseo Cusius of Orta Lake and Mottarone in Omegna;
  • the Ethnographic Museum of Musical Woodwind in Quarna Sotto;
  • the Holy Mountains in Ghiffa, Orta and Domodossola;
  • the Chimney Sweeper Museum in Santa Maria Maggiore, the “place of memory” of this ancient job, that greatly influenced the life in the Vigezzo Valley;
  • the Museum of Earth Sciences in Crodo.
If you would like to spend your holidays looking for fun and amusement, instead, we mention you:
  • the “Aquadventure Park Lago Maggiore ” in Baveno, a place of amusement for all the family, with several activities both of earth and water;
  • the Lago Maggiore Zipline in Aurano where you can experience the thrill of flying;
  • Alpyland,  an amusement park characterized by a rail bob track on the summit of mount Mottarone overlooking Lake Maggiore;
  • the Safari Park, a zoo ad amusement park in Pombia, where families can spend a day surrounded by beautiful animals and playgrounds.