Guide of Cortina d'Ampezzo Itineraries Museums in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy

Cortina d'Ampezzo Museums In Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy

Art and culture are right at home in Cortina. As always, the Queen of the Dolomites is an irresistible attraction for artists from all over the world. During the tourist season, the many art galleries are continually holding exhibits by internationally respected contemporary artists, and writers frequently come to Cortina to present their new works.

Cortina also offers a series of interesting museums:

• The Paleonthological Museum "Rinaldo Zardini" - with an extraordinary collection of fossils from the Cassian period.
• The Ethnographic Museum of Ampezzo - objects, tools and costumes that tell the story of a peasant’s life, and the religious sentiments and artistic traditions of the Ampezzo populations.
• Museum of Modern Art "Mario Rimoldi" - one of the most important private collections of figurative art from the early 1900’s in Italy.
• The outdoor Museum Piccolo Lagazuoi - during the years of World War One, Mount Lagazuoi was disputed over by the Italian military and the Austrian-Hungarian forces. Today it remains an extraordinary historical patrimony: positions, trenches, tunnels, dormitories and storehouses, in one of the most panoramic areas in the Dolomites.