Exhibition at Combustion Engine Museum (last week)

The Museum illustrates the studies carried out and the progress made by Barsanti and Matteucci between December 1851, the date of their first meeting, and March 25, 1864, the day the Bauer engine was started in the headquarters of the John Cockeril Company in Seraing, near Liège in Belgium.

In the room on the first floor, you can watch the projection of films illustrating the life and works of the two scientists; the models of the apparatus used for the first experiments, and reproductions of the main documents, attesting to their activities connected with the internal combustion engine, are exhibited.

There is also a library for consulting publications relating to the subject.

In the rooms on the ground floor, life-size models are exhibited that reproduce in motion the motors designed by the two inventors.

The museum will remain open from 2 April until the first days of November, on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays from 10 to 19. Reservations are required throughout the year.

For the first month of reopening (April 2022), on the occasion of the inauguration of the new exhibition, admission is offered by the Barsanti and Matteucci Foundation. From May the ordinary cost is 3 euros, for children and young people under 12 it is free.