The Granum Museum of Baveno offers the public a very interesting program for the summer 2014 consisting of guided tours of the quarries, boat trips and special events at the museum.
On Thursday 11, 15 and 16 of July, the museum will open its doors from 21:00 to 22:30 for the event "Granum by Night".
Wednesday, July 16, at 17:30, there will be a guided tour of the museum and the old town, while on 18, 19 and 20 July, at 9:30 am, after the tour, you will travel to the Seula Quarry.
On Thursday 24 and 31 of July, 21 and 28 of August and 4 and 11 of September, the museum is organizing "Stones at Sunset." A special itinerary realized thanks to Agifin-Graniti di Baveno and Verbano Viaggi, who will lead the participants to explore the Museum and the Quarry.
The tours will be held from 16:30 at the Granum Museum; from here, with a bus, you will travel to the quarry and to the processing plants.
"Between Rocks and Water" is the initiative that, after the visit to the Museum, will allow participants to visit, by ferryboat, the mining areas and the historical buildings made with the granite located in the area.
The tours will take place on 30 July and 6, 13 and 27 August, departing at 15:00 from the Granum Museum.
Unique opportunities to learn about and discover the history of our area.
To participate in the proposed initiatives, reservation is required and has to be made the day before each event.