Museo Leone, History and art museum in Vercelli, Italy.
Museo Leone occupies two historical buildings: the 16th-century Casa Alciati and the Baroque Palazzo Langosco, connected by a passage built in 1939. The rooms house a diverse collection of archaeological objects, decorative crafts, and artworks spanning multiple periods.
The museum was founded in 1910 to display the extensive collection of notary Camillo Leone, who gathered artifacts throughout his lifetime. Leone died in 1907 and left his collection with the intention of preserving it for the city.
The exhibition rooms display archaeological finds from ancient Vercelli, medieval mosaics from the Santa Maria Maggiore church, and decorative crafts like Limoges enamels. These works show how different cultures and periods shaped the city's character.
The museum is open Tuesday to Friday from 3:00 PM to 5:30 PM, and on weekends from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM and 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM. The collection is organized in a way that allows visitors to explore specific rooms or see the entire exhibition depending on available time.
The collection displays a rare bilingual stone inscription containing eight lines in Latin and four lines in ancient Gallic language. This artifact documents a moment of cultural mixing in the ancient region and is rarely seen in European museums.
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