Founded in the ’70s thanks to the passion and dedication of Father Giacomo Piazzoli, the Priest of Brembo, this museum represents a unique collection both for the number and the quality of its items.
Hosted inside a former movie theatre, it is also equipped with a small projection room where you can admire an impressive electronic nativity scene, rotating, illuminated and featuring musical accompaniment.
Starting with a first unit of 250 cribs, today it hosts over 900 nativity scenes on two different floors, dating back to the XVIII Century to the present day. In fact, the golden age of Nativity Scenes Art was the XVIII Century, when several artistic Schools stood out: Neapolitan, French, Spanish, Polish.
Entering the museum, you will immediately see a majestic nativity scene dating back to the Seventies. You’ll be amazed by the Neapolitan artist Antonio Greco’s masterpiece, an actual “cliff” measuring more than 20 square meters with over 130 statues, full of small details representing the daily life of its characters, making it look alive, topical and timeless.
Continuing the visit, you can join the detailed reconstruction of an old workshop in Bergamo creating gesso statues in the late XIX Century: admiring casts, colours and lathes, you will learn how the statues decorating the private or public nativity scenes were made. Moreover, you will make a journey around the world with the craft nativity scenes coming from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Australia.
The museum also hosts some archaeological artefacts coming from Holy Land, ancient printings, paper nativity scenes, Christmas postcards, photographs, videos and audio files. You can also consult a specific library and a historic archive.
It is a museum for everyone and for all ages, where history, religion and culture create a perfect blend.
Founded in the ’70s thanks to the passion and dedication of Father Giacomo Piazzoli, the Priest of Brembo, this museum represents a unique collection both for the number and the quality of its items.
Hosted inside a former movie theatre, it is also equipped with a small projection room where you can admire an impressive electronic nativity scene, rotating, illuminated and featuring musical accompaniment.
Starting with a first unit of 250 cribs, today it hosts over 900 nativity scenes on two different floors, dating back to the XVIII Century to the present day. In fact, the golden age of Nativity Scenes Art was the XVIII Century, when several artistic Schools stood out: Neapolitan, French, Spanish, Polish.
Entering the museum, you will immediately see a majestic nativity scene dating back to the Seventies. You’ll be amazed by the Neapolitan artist Antonio Greco’s masterpiece, an actual “cliff” measuring more than 20 square meters with over 130 statues, full of small details representing the daily life of its characters, making it look alive, topical and timeless.
Continuing the visit, you can join the detailed reconstruction of an old workshop in Bergamo creating gesso statues in the late XIX Century: admiring casts, colours and lathes, you will learn how the statues decorating the private or public nativity scenes were made. Moreover, you will make a journey around the world with the craft nativity scenes coming from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Australia.
The museum also hosts some archaeological artefacts coming from Holy Land, ancient printings, paper nativity scenes, Christmas postcards, photographs, videos and audio files. You can also consult a specific library and a historic archive.
It is a museum for everyone and for all ages, where history, religion and culture create a perfect blend.
