Museo degli Alpini

The Museum of the Alpini in Bassano del Grappa preserves objects documenting the mountain infantry's experience in the First and Second World Wars.

Why it matters

The museum is maintained by the Montegrappa section of the Associazione Nazionale Alpini, linking the collection to the veterans and mountain troops whose history it records. Its objects make the experience of the front tangible and preserve Bassano's longstanding relationship with the Alpini.

What to notice

The collection includes barbed-wire stakes, helmets, bomb fragments, bayonets and other objects associated with trench life. Displays record the Battle of the Solstice in June 1918, the armistice of 4 November 1918, the Bassano executions of 26 September 1944 and the city's liberation on 28 April 1945. The objects reflect a personal history preserved by members of the association and their families.

Context and history

The museum's history is connected with the Alpini bridge above it. After the wooden bridge was rebuilt following wartime destruction, it was inaugurated on 3 October 1948 during the association's national gathering. Bassano's Alpini section has curated the collection since then. Later support, including a Ministry of Culture programme, helped modernize the museum.