Museo Nazionale della Montagna Duca degli Abruzzi CAI, National Mountain Museum at Monte dei Cappuccini, Turin, Italy
The Museo Nazionale della Montagna Duca degli Abruzzi is a specialized museum in Turin dedicated to mountains and mountaineering traditions. It holds photographs, maps, equipment, and documents that record expeditions and life in the Alps across different periods.
The museum was founded in 1874 by the Club Alpino Italiano to document mountaineering adventures and alpine heritage. It grew into an archive preserving Italian mountain traditions and high-altitude exploration achievements.
The museum reflects how mountaineering became woven into Italian identity and how climbers viewed the high peaks as places for discovery and personal achievement. The collections show the deep connection between alpinists and the mountain communities they encountered.
The museum sits on Piazzale Monte dei Cappuccini and welcomes visitors Tuesday through Sunday. It provides wheelchair access and guided tours that help visitors understand the collections more deeply.
The museum's archive holds over one thousand exhibits about mountaineering history and stands as one of Europe's largest collections focused on this subject. Visitors can explore rare expedition journals and personal diaries from renowned alpinists.
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