MUSEO GIOVANNI PIAMARTA

The Museum consists of the environments in which the Saint lived and from the Neo-Gothic shrine which houses his remains. It is a house-museum included in the large complex of the’Artigianelli Institute, founded by Piamarta in 1886 to get young people into work through vocational training.

Direct evidence of this activity remains in a continuity of use that makes the museum spaces not simply places of conservation, but environments that continue to live of the original spirit, as they are still used for their historical purposes.

Located within the former cloister of the brolo of the’Abbey of San Salvatore - Santa Giulia in Brescia - since 2011 UNESCO World Heritage Site - the complex formed by the Institute, the Museum and the Sanctuary completes the vision of the ancient monastery, allowing one to fully understand its transformations and functioning from the last quarter of the 19th century to the present day.