Resistance

The Museo della Liberazione di Ancona (Ancona Liberation Museum) in Offagna presents the history of local resistance to German and fascist occupation from 1943-45 in the form of period artifacts as well as a collection of more than 15 000 physical and digitized photographs. Originally a travelling photograph exhibit, a permanent museum for the collection was established in Offagna in 2006; this recognised the town’s wartime significance as the site of the Battle of Monte Crescia, crucial in the capture of Ancona and its port.

The Museo della Resistenza Goffredo Baldelli (Goffredo Baldelli Resistance Museum) in Falconara Marittima presents the history of local resistance to German and fascist occupation from 1943-45 and the Liberation of Falconara in July 1945. The museum displays the weapons and equipment belonging to partisans active in the Apennine Mountains, and photographs documenting the liberation.

The museum was inaugurated in 2002, and in 2012 was named for Falconara-native partisan Goffredo Baldelli.    

The Museo del Risorgimento e della Resistenza (Risorgimento and Resistance Museum) in Vicenza, part of the larger Musei Civici Vicenza (Vicenza Civic Museums) complex, presents the history of war and resistance in Vicenza; a series of permanent exhibitions cover a 150-year period, including Napoleon’s first campaign in Northern Italy in 1796, intense local fighting during the Italian Revolutions against Austria in 1848, and the end of the Second World War and liberation in 1945.

The Museo della Resistenza Agostino Piol (Agostino Piol Resitance Museum) is a small shelter-museum located in the community of Altopiano Pian delle Femene. Maintained by the Belluno Section of the Associazione Nazionale Partigiani d'Italia (A.N.P.I) and the Municipality of Limana, the museum contains an artifact and photography exhibit on the formation of partisan resistance in the Veneto mountains and actions in opposition to German and fascist occupation from 1943-45.

The Museo della Seconde Guerra Mondiale del Fiume Po (Po River Second World War Museum) in Sermide e Felonica presents the wartime history and significance of Felonica and the Po River, an important strategic position during the Allied invasion of northern Italy in 1944 and 1945. The river formed part of the German defensive position, and the region witnessed aerial attacks leading up to the successful Allied crossing of the Po in April 1945; the Felonica region, meanwhile, represented the border between the British and American armies.

The Sale della Resistenza (Halls of the Resiatance) in the Museo Storico di Lecco (Lecco Historical Museum) is one exhibition within the municipal civic and historical museum of Lecco which presents the region’s Second World War experience and local resistance to German and fascist occupation from 1943-45. The exhibition includes documents and letters, photographs, newspapers, posters, and military and civilian physical artifacts from Lecco with an emphasis on presenting the activities of local resistance.

The Museo della Resistenza e del Folklore Valsabbino di Forno d’Ono (Valsabbino Resistance and Folklore Museum in Forno d'Ono) documents the history of local resistance to German and fascist occupation in the Valle Sabbia from 1943 to 1945. Established in 1972, the museum displays weapons, photographs, and documents originating with local partisan groups including the Perlasca Brigade (Brigata Perlasca) initially led by Giacomo Perlasca.