Lancia Museum, Automotive museum in Fobello, Italy.
The Museo Vincenzo Lancia occupies the second floor of Palazzo Giuseppe Lancia in Fobello. Its permanent exhibition spreads over five rooms named after Lancia models: Astura, Augusta, Artena, Aprilia and Stratos. Each room displays cars, photographs and documents, from Giuseppe Lancia's meat-curing business to Vincenzo's racing career and the rally victories of the Fulvia HF and Delta.
The permanent exhibition was inaugurated on 20 September 2009 on the second floor of Palazzo Giuseppe Lancia, a building Vincenzo Lancia had constructed as a school. It was set up by the Valsesia Lancia Story association, the Lancia family and the municipality of Fobello. The display occupies five rooms, each named after a Lancia model: Astura, Augusta, Artena, Aprilia and Stratos.
The exhibition rooms are named after Lancia models: Astura, Artena, Augusta, Aprilia and Stratos. The Astura room covers Giuseppe Lancia's meat-curing trade and Vincenzo's early involvement with the Monza autodrome and the first Giro d'Italia; the Artena room covers his racing career, including a record on the Susa-Moncenisio and the 1905 Gordon Bennett; the Stratos room summarises rally wins from 1972 to 1992.
The museum is on the second floor of Palazzo Giuseppe Lancia in Fobello, in the Valsesia area of Piedmont. It was inaugurated on 20 September 2009 and is run with the Valsesia Lancia Story club and the Fobello municipality, so check opening arrangements with them before travelling.
The museum holds the Renato and Riccardo Lora Lamia bibliographic collection, donated by their nephew Sergio Loro Lamia: 400 volumes on automobile history. The permanent display also includes a Stratos room covering rally wins from the Fulvia HF in 1972 to the Delta in 1992.
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