Abruzzo’s museums tally almost 100 and are a highly eclectic & diverse bunch

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- Worth a drizzle – Abruzzo Olive Oil Museum Loreto Aprutino
  
  What would a holiday in Italy be without a trip to an Olive Oil Museum; particularly one as interesting as the Loreto
- National Museum of Abruzzo L’Aquila
  
  In spite of the permanent sense of cold that seems to permeate L'Aquila, the regional capital of Abruzzo has many places worth
  Tossicia’s Museum of Traditional Arts
  
  Civitella del Tronto & Fortezza
- Tossicia’s Museum of Traditional Arts
  
  One of Abruzzo’s smaller museums, ‘NOT’ to leave just for a rainy day is Tossicia’s Museum of Traditional Arts (Tossicia Museo delle
  Worth a drizzle – Abruzzo Olive Oil Museum Loreto Aprutino
  
  National Museum of Abruzzo L’Aquila

Abruzzo’s museums tally almost 100 in all and are a highly eclectic and diverse bunch. Whether you are interested in finding out more about your Abruzzo ancestors, wolves, bears, spinning or pigs there is really something for everyone.

Although deemed ‘provincial’ museums, no matter how small, each are tended with care and each have displays that are interesting enough for adults or for children.

I have to confess my favourite room so far has been measuring my toes alongside the mammoth’s in L’Aquila Museum. Cheap and open throughout the day in the summer, they are a traveller’s paradise to escape the heat and get beyond the beach.