Museum of River Navigation
Battaglia Terme (PD)
The exhibition offers a journey into the fascinating world of river transport and the memory of the community of "barcari, squeraroli, cavalanti, and scariolanti," custodians of a thousand-year-old wisdom that still shapes the identity and history of the town and the surrounding area.
Spread across three floors and five rooms, it displays objects, documents, photographs, models, maps, and plans, collected by several former boatmen since the late 1970s. These tell the story of inland navigation, the hydraulic engineering works still visible in the town and surrounding area, shipbuilding activity, vessel types, life on board, roles, workers, and professions.
Born from the need to give an organic structure to this collection, the museum today represents the culmination of a long process of recovering the memory and traditions of a now-vanished social, economic, and cultural system. This process, thanks to the still tangible dialogue with the village, makes it a true "widespread museum" to be discovered and loved in all its extraordinary complexity.
Where is it?
Saturday, Sunday, and Holidays: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm - 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Closed on December 25th, December 31st, January 1st, and August 14th
PRICES
- FULL ADMISSION €5.00
- REDUCED ADMISSION €3.00
Under 18s, schools, over 65s, residents of the Municipality of Battaglia Terme, adult groups of at least 10 people, PadovaCard and National Youth Card holders.
- SCHOOLS €1.50 for children aged 6 to 14 (minimum 10 participants)
- FREE ADMISSION: children up to 6 years old, residents of the Municipality of Battaglia Terme and under 18, persons with disabilities and their companions, professional guides and tour leaders
GUIDED TOURS FOR INDIVIDUALS €5.00
Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays: 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
GUIDED TOURS FOR GROUPS AND SCHOOLS BY RESERVATION
FOR INFORMATION AND RESERVATIONS
T. +39 327 1825803 - +39 049525170
M. museodellanavigazione@aqualab.it
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