It is only fitting that the Pasta Museum would open in Collecchio, in the province of Parma: this is where leading pasta brand Barilla was born in the 1800s. And it is even more fitting that the museum is located in the Corte di Giarola, where agricultural crops were processed since the Middle Ages.

The museum tells the story of how Italy’s most famous food was born and evolved. Vintage equipment, photographs and reproductions guide visitors along a gastronomic and cultural journey, designed to explain how the queen of Italian cuisine changed over time, as the country’s industrial capabilities grew.