Museums in Reggio Emilia

MUSEO DEL TRICOLORE

Documents and relics relating to the national flag, devised in Reggio Emilia on the 7th of January, 1797, including all the changes it underwent until the end of the Napoleonic era. Also, multimedia tools to plunge even deeper in the history of the Italian tricolour.

GALLERIA PARMEGGIANI

The gallery houses Luigi Parmeggiani’s art collection, including European weapons and cutlery, jewellery and gold objects, enamelled pieces, traditional European costumes from the 17th to the 19th century, stone and painted wood sculptures, Italian, Spanish and Flemish paintings and other works of art.

MUSEI CIVICI

Several interesting collections, sporting the Collezione Spallanzani, an 18thcentury private museum of zoology, anatomy, ethnography and herb collections. Other sections include the Gabinetto di antichità e patrie (cabinet of antiquities), the Museo di archeologia e paleontologia “Chierici” (archaeology and palaeontology), the Galleria dei Marmi (ancient marbles), the Pinacoteca Fontanesi (paintings), the Museo Mazzacurati and the Museo di arte industriale (industrial art).

MUSEO CIVICO “IL CORREGGIO”

Situated in the splendid Renaissance Palazzo dei Principi, the museum includes 12 16th-century Flemish tapestries, a Christ’s Head by Mantegna and two works by Correggio.

MUSEO NAZIONALE DI ARTI NAÏVES “CESARE ZAVATTINI”

A gallery of the winners of the Cesare Zavattini award for naive artists (Premio Nazionale delle Arti Naïves), from 1967 to the present. In Luzzara.

MUSEO DELL’AGRICOLTURA E DEL MONDO RURALE

This folk museum, in the walls of the medieval fortress of San Martino in Rio, presents an opportunity to know more about the traditions and popular culture of the rural areas around Reggio.