Museo Il Divino Infante

In Gardone Riviera from November 19, 2005, there is a new reality to be discovered and is the museum built by Mrs. Hiky Mayr, collector intelligent, of German origin, who has devoted more than thirty-five years of his life to research, collect and restoration of sculptures depicting the infant Jesus. Tell us about Mayr lady collection begins by chance visiting the shop of an antiques dealer ... .. "I was trying the old copper pots that I needed to create a decoration of the family in the hotel" Grand Hotel Fasano "and among these pots I saw two naked sprout legs, wood and asked to whom they belonged ... "

The merchant replied. "At the Infant Jesus". The picture was moving, he was in very poor condition, dirty, full of bruises, missing some fingers and toes, but once recovered he became the founder of the collection, and is now found in the Museum. "

To get in on this new reality, we specify that the collection has more than two hundred and fifty to four hundred sculptures and documents through the exposed artifacts, techniques, uses, the iconography linked to the theme of the sculpture in the round having as subject "Jesus "Maria Bambina" child "and in some cases. The dimensions are between sixty and ninety centimeters. Here's just everything about "baby Jesus", can be found in diapers, naked or dressed as "Little King" with rich robes and a large kit. In addition to the above, there is the Museum a "Neapolitan Nativity" vintage with more than one hundred and thirty figures and many animals.

The location is just five hundred meters from the "Vittoriale", therefore you can create a museum with two different realities, but very interesting.

The Province of Brescia has entered our Museum to a location of visits, as it comes of all those suitable infrastructure for the disabled.