The Ogliari Museum of Transport in Ranco was founded by professor Francesco Ogliari in 1960. He was a Milanese solicitor and a man of letters and of science who died in 2009. Prof. Ogliari was a true cultivator of the subject he collected at the outdoor museum in Ranco, which represents the results of over 40 years of research. He was also the author of the fundamental 80-volume Storia dei trasporti (History of Transport).
Museo dei Trasporti Ogliari Collection
The Museo Ogliari, or Museo europeo dei trasporti (European Museum of Transport), is in a complex called Villa Fantasia, an ideal world where one’s imagination can be indulged. The museum looks at 200 years of the history of transport while allowing visitors to experience feelings once seemingly lost and by proposing the means of transport set in “their life and time”.
The historic journey starts with the 1820 carriage Scharette and with the Wurth by Utrecth Car, which was the means of transport for Dutch families on short journeys in 1828. Later, the horse was flanked by the steam locomotive (one of the most valuable is the 1892 Busseto), which in turn was replaced by electric means (there are several examples of Edison locomotives from the early 20th century and the 1936 electric locomotive F.S. 242). FIAT’s petrol-driven coach (1912) is an example of the internal combustion engine. The underground and related station also had to be included; it was created in the 1950’s. But there’s more to the Museo dei trasporti: a wind-powered railway from 1858, a water-counterbalanced funicular railway, hot-air balloons and chair lifts are all treasures reminiscing of the past.
There is also a cinema and an immense plastic model made over the years by the professor. It’s an Ideal City inspired by the one by Leonardo da Vinci, with all the means of transport from the world of today.
Curiosities on the Museo dei trasporti Ogliari
Admission to the magnificent and unique museum is completely free. Founder Francesco Ogliari was moved by his passion for the history of means of transport and was firmly convinced that culture ought to be a common patrimony available to everyone.
One last curiosity: Ferrovie Reggiane’s locomotive “8” was even included in the famous films of don Camillo and Peppone.
Photo gallery Ogliari Museum of Transport
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