Museo del Merletto
The Museo del Merletto opens with a quiet assertion of Rapallo’s craft heritage: this museum, founded in 1990, sits within the municipal park and is housed on the lower floors of Villa Tigullio, a building owned by the city. The site shares its place with the Biblioteca Civica Internazionale, located on the two upper floors, with internal stairs or an elevator linking the two cultural spaces without leaving the building. The collection focuses on merletto, or needle lace, with more than 1,400 pieces dating roughly from the 16th to the 20th century. Among these are delicate garments and single lace motifs, together with about ten rapallo tomboli—tombs used and exported across the region, dating from the late 18th to the 19th century. …
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