With a long history dating back to the Neolithic Age, the area was developed and consolidated in the second half of the twentieth century and is open to the new challenges of the future.The Museum of Ceramics of Fiorano, which opened in 1996 inside Spezzano Castle, is a technology museum that tells the story of ceramics production in the area that is now the Modena-Reggio industrial district. The Museum of Ceramics of Fiorano, which opened in 1996 inside Spezzano Castle, is a technology museum that tells the story of ceramics production in the area that is now the Modena-Reggio industrial district.
Alongside archaeological finds, ceramic objects and tiles, the museum displays reproductions of manufactured articles, the ceramic artist’s tools and kilns for firing the ceramics, reconstructed with the techniques of experimental archaeology. The museum also has a Ceramics workshop.
The Museum of Ceramics has been awarded the of the Emilia Romagna Region.
MORE INFORMATION
- Explore the Collections
- Virtual Tour
- Ferrari in the collections of the Museum of Ceramics
- Labour/Manodopera
- Museum bibliography
- Museum of Ceramics Regulations
Museum staff
Curators: Donato Labate, Tullio Sorrentino, Rolando Giovannini, Francesco Genitoni, Paola Gemelli, Guglielmo Leoni, Stefania Spaggiari.
Management and education officer: Stefania Spaggiari, Culture Service, tel. +39 0536 833412, sspaggiari@fiorano.it
Administration: Culture Service: tel. +39 0536 833412, cultura@fiorano.it
Museum guides and operators: Archeosistemi s.r.l, Reggio Emilia, info@archeosistemi.it
The 'Amici del Castello’ association collaborates with the museum: president Mario Bettini tel. +39 3356645151
Informations
Via del Castello, 12 (Spezzano) - 41042 Fiorano Modenese (MO)
Tel: +39 0536 833412; +39 0536 833438; guided tours with advance booking: +39 0522 532094, +39 335440372, +39 0536 833412
Email: cultura@fiorano.it; info@archeosistemi.it; iat@maranello.it
Ordinary opening times from April to October: Saturday and Sunday 3.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m.; November: Saturday and Sunday 3.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. Free admission with free visit.
Special opening times on Easter Day, Easter Monday and 15 August: 3.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Open with advance booking for groups, all year round, with guided tour: cost € 5 per person (minimum ten people, booking four days beforehand)