Museo storico dell'arma di cavalleria, Cavalry history museum in Pinerolo, Italy

The Museo storico dell'arma di cavalleria occupies the Dardano Fenulli barracks in Pinerolo, with 5,500 square metres of exhibition space over three floors, 42 rooms and 240 display cases. Its collection ranges from horse harnesses and weapons to carriages, armoured vehicles, military standards, paintings such as Giuseppe Gabani's Il conte Barattieri di San Pietro alla testa del suo regimento il 24 giugno 1866, uniforms from the Risorgimento onward, and documents from the 15th to the 19th century.

The museum was established on the initiative of the Italian cavalry association from 1961 in the barracks of the former cavalry school and opened to the public in October 1968. Pinerolo had hosted the army riding school founded in Venaria Reale in 1823 and moved there in 1849, where it remained until 1943. Between 1900 and 1938 officers from over 30 states trained at the school. The museum building is now owned by the city of Pinerolo.

The museum's name and identity are tied to the cavalry school that operated in Pinerolo from 1849 to 1943. Between 1900 and 1938, officers from over 30 countries, including Germany and Austria, trained there, and many graduates achieved strong results in equestrian sport. The collection also preserves the memory of the Nizza Cavalleria regiment, long considered the house regiment of the Agnelli industrial family.

The museum occupies three floors of the Dardano Fenulli barracks, the former Principe Amedeo cavalry school building, with 42 rooms and 240 display cases across 5,500 square metres. The building belongs to the city of Pinerolo, while the museum is run under a territorial command based in Turin. Allow time for the military library of 10,000 volumes and the 200-volume horse library.

The museum has a chapel dedicated to Saint George and a collection of carriages and armored vehicles from past eras. These spaces and vehicles offer insight into the practical side of military life and cavalry tradition.