Museo del Bijou di Casalmaggiore - Presentazione del museo

The Museo del Bijou di Casalmaggiore was founded in 1986. Ten years later it was set up in the basement of the ex Collegio Santa Croce, a building purposely renovated that was constructed by the Padri Barnabiti around the second-helf of 18th century. The collections are exhibited in an area of 1 square chain, divided into three sections (the exhibited objects, the archives, the technologies).

The ex collegio Santa Croce
	A room of the museum

The section of the exhibited objects consist of more than 20.000 pieces produced by the industries in Casalmaggiore between the end of the 19th century and 1970. Besides the traditional finds of costumes jewellery (brooches, cufflinks, bracelets, belts, earrings, pendants) you can find powder-cases, lipstick holders, cigarette cases, sunglasses, devotional medals and badges.