The museum houses artifacts related to gas production activities that began in Genoa in 1845 and ended in 1972 with the advent of natural gas from international pipelines. There are testimonies of various support activities for gas distribution, such as work tools, laboratory instruments, meters, and technical equipment.
The core of the collection is the section dedicated to gas appliances, where you can see parlor lamps, irons, water heaters, and more.
There are also curiosities and vintage advertising materials. The museum features a section dedicated to the distribution of drinking water, with documents and materials illustrating the history of public and private aqueducts present in the Genoa area since the 19th century.
The museum offers a photographic collection of over 1300 prints, organized by themes. It documents the large construction site of the Brugneto aqueduct, the city’s gas production plants, as well as meetings of company executives, worker awards, celebrations and gatherings of employees’ families, roadworks, advertising campaigns, company trips, and more. All photographs are cataloged in a database.
The museum also preserves drawings and technical plans from the De Ferrari Galliera and Nicolay aqueducts, collected in folders. Rare volumes and ancient technical manuals relating to the production and distribution of gas are archived in a specific section of the library.
