Museum of Pasta, Food museum in Collecchio, Italy

The Museum of Pasta occupies the ground floor of the west wing of Corte di Giarola, a medieval rural court between Collecchio and Ozzano Taro. Its six sections trace grain cultivation, milling with reconstructed water and cylinder mills, bread making, household pasta tools, an early 19th-century industrial pasta factory, and pasta's place in Italian culture through posters, stamps and catalogs.

The idea of a pasta museum dates to around 1980, when collector Ettore Guatelli, poet Attilio Bertolucci and entrepreneur Pietro Barilla began gathering objects and documents, partly from Barilla's company archive. The museum opened on 10 May 2014 in the former granary of Corte di Giarola, a medieval rural court with a mill, with a conference titled "La pasta tra storia, cultura e gastronomia".

The museum sits in Parma province, a region celebrated for its food traditions where pasta plays a central role alongside local specialties like Prosciutto and Parmigiano Reggiano. Visitors notice how these products shape the area's daily life and local pride.

The museum occupies the upper floor of the west wing of Corte di Giarola, the medieval rural court between Collecchio and Ozzano Taro, and continues into the adjoining Museum of Tomato. The exhibition route runs through the court's former granary, so visitors pass from one food museum to the other without leaving the building.

The museum sits near the Tomato Museum, allowing visitors to explore two related food-focused sites that showcase core regional ingredients. Together they form a destination for understanding the foundations of Parma's cooking traditions.