Museo storico dei vigili del fuoco di Milano
Milan shows off its fashion houses and its Duomo, yet the city also keeps a museum for its firefighters. The Museo storico dei vigili del fuoco di Milano gathers two hundred years of the 52nd Fire Brigade under one roof. Commander Ugo Penné founded it in 1912, on the Brigade's centenary. Vehicles and uniforms stand in for the people who drove and wore them, and documents hold the rest.
In 1943, bombs fell on the city, and the museum came through them. During those attacks, steam pumps pulled by horses went back into service to fight fires the enemy bombs started. A thorough renovation in 1998 renewed the galleries, and the stories of courage and innovation carry on.
The prized exhibits include an Isotta Fraschini fire engine from the Thirties and a Bianchi S9. You can follow uniforms and equipment from the Napoleonic era to the present day. Every piece tells a story of bravery, and together they trace how firefighting tools and techniques evolved.
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