Association Amici del Museo delle Grigne

The Association Amici del Museo delle Grigne (Friends of the Grigne Museum) is an Italian non-profit cultural association based in Esino Lario, in the Province of Lecco, Lombardy. It is registered as an ONLUS (Organizzazione Non Lucrativa di Utilità Sociale) and describes its mission as the protection and enhancement of the environment, nature and culture of the Grigne territory — the mountainous area around the Grigne massif above Lake Como. The association operates as the managing body of several local heritage institutions: the Museo delle Grigne, the Ecomuseo delle Grigne and the Pietro Pensa Archive. The association's public identity is closely tied to its role as custodian of local memory. Since 2005 it has managed and promoted the Archivio Pietro Pensa, a documentary collection named after Pietro Pensa, and since 2008 it has been the managing entity of the Ecomuseo delle Grigne. Its website functions as a hub for news, conferences, exhibitions, workshops, guided excursions and research projects, and it publishes the digital Archivio Digitale Pietro Pensa, which makes the association's collected documentation available online as a documentation and information centre for the Ecomuseo delle Grigne. Beyond archival work, the association has produced publications and cultural projects. Its publishing activity includes the series on the medieval statutes of the Lecco territory (statutes of Dervio, Valsassina, Mandello and Bellano) and a volume on the sculptor Michele Vedani. Project work has ranged from photographic competitions and landscape-themed initiatives to ethnographic research on the woods and traditional crafts of the Ecomuseo delle Grigne, and to the candidacy of Esino Lario as host of Wikimania 2016. The association is a small, locally rooted organisation rather than a commercial enterprise. Its 'offerings' are cultural services: museum management, archival preservation, exhibitions, publications, educational laboratories and guided walks. It collaborates with local bodies such as the Pro Loco of Esino Lario and with the wider network of heritage institutions in the Lecco province. Its work is documented on its official website and in the digital archive it maintains.

The Association Amici del Museo delle Grigne is a non-profit cultural association based in Esino Lario, in the Province of Lecco, Lombardy. It is registered as an ONLUS and defines its purpose as the protection and enhancement of the environment, nature and culture of the Grigne territory, the mountainous area around the Grigne massif above Lake Como. The association's documented history is closely linked to the heritage institutions it manages. In 2005 it began managing and promoting the Archivio Pietro Pensa, a documentary collection named after Pietro Pensa. The archive project was developed in phases: the Progetto Archivio Storico Pietro Pensa (2005–2007) was followed by work on the enhancement of documentation and the creation of provincial-level networks (2007–2008), and then by the enhancement of the photographic holdings of the Archivio Pietro Pensa (2008–2009). The association also maintains the Archivio Digitale Pietro Pensa, which publishes online all the documentation produced and collected by the association, functioning as a documentation and information centre for the Ecomuseo delle Grigne. In 2008 the association became the managing body of the Ecomuseo delle Grigne. Its project activity in the following years included the Ecomuseo delle Grigne a misura di bambino: Storie e cammini di mercanti, viandanti e banditi (2009–2011), the photographic competition Vestire i paesaggi (2009–2012), and the ethnographic project Il bosco e la cavra sbàgiola: Etnografia, mestieri e folclore dell'Ecomuseo delle Grigne (2011). It also supported the candidacy of Esino Lario to host Wikimania 2016 and worked on the new display of the Museo delle Grigne (completed by 2015). The association has an active publishing programme. Its publications include the series Gli Statuti medievali del territorio lecchese, with volumes on the statutes of Dervio (2003), Valsassina (2008), Mandello (2009) and Bellano (2010), as well as Michele Vedani Scultore (2013) and Museovivo delle Grigne. Isen: storie di Cres e di Psciac. Its website serves as a hub for news, conferences, exhibitions, workshops, guided excursions and research projects, and it collaborates with local bodies such as the Pro Loco of Esino Lario. The association remains active in the cultural life of the Grigne area.

• 2015

  Completion of the new display of the Museo delle Grigne.

• 2013

  Publication of Michele Vedani Scultore and the photographic competition Concorso fotografico 2013.

• 2010

  Publication of Gli Statuti di Bellano.

• 2009

  Publication of Gli Statuti di Mandello.

• 2008

  The association becomes the managing body of the Ecomuseo delle Grigne.

• 2008

  Publication of Gli Statuti della Valsassina.

• 2005

  The association begins managing and promoting the Archivio Pietro Pensa.

• 2003

  Publication of Statuto del Comune di Dervio in the series Gli Statuti medievali del territorio lecchese.

A local non-profit cultural association dedicated to the protection and enhancement of the environment, nature and culture of the Grigne territory.

• Museo delle Grigne

  Local museum managed by the association, with a new display completed by 2015.

• Ecomuseo delle Grigne

  Ecomuseum of the Grigne territory, managed by the association since 2008.

• Archivio Pietro Pensa

  Documentary archive managed and enhanced by the association since 2005.

• Archivio Digitale Pietro Pensa

  Online publication of the documentation produced and collected by the association, serving as documentation and information centre for the Ecomuseo delle Grigne.

• Gli Statuti medievali del territorio lecchese (series)

  Publication series including the statutes of Dervio (2003), Valsassina (2008), Mandello (2009) and Bellano (2010).

• Michele Vedani Scultore

  Publication of 2013.

• Museovivo delle Grigne. Isen: storie di Cres e di Psciac

  Publication by the association.

1. 1Amici del Museo delle Grigne | Associazione onlus per la tutela e valorizzazione di ambiente natura e cultura del territorio delle Grigneamicimuseodellegrigne.it
2. 2Archivio Digitale Pietro Pensa | Amici del Museo delle Grigneamicimuseodellegrigne.it
3. 3Ecomuseo delle Grigne | Amici del Museo delle Grigneamicimuseodellegrigne.it
4. 4Archivio Pietro Pensa | Amici del Museo delle Grigneamicimuseodellegrigne.it
5. 5Association Amici del Museo delle Grignewikidata.org