The Fisogni Museum of the petrol station (in the past also SIRM Museum or Ormad Valseveso Museum), in Tradate, Italy, is a museum about gas pumps, gas stations and petroliana, founded by Guido Fisogni in 1966. With its 8000 pieces, between gas pumps, signs and gadgets, the collection is the biggest in the world in its genre, certified by Guinness World Records in 2000. The Museum is also part of the "Lombard Circuit of Design Museum" and of the "Italian Design Network" by Triennale di Milano. The Museum was founded in 1966 in Palazzolo Milanese (Paderno Dugnano). The entrepreneur Guido Fisogni, son of Alpini General and nobleman Federico Fisogni and of countess Elisabetta Barbiano di Belgioioso, had a society that built gas stations in Italy and Europe, and in 1961 decided to collect old gas pumps and related objects, starting from an old Italian fuel pump by Bergomi, from the 1920s. From 1966 to 2000 the collection, example of Modern antique and industrial archeology, was enlarged with globes, gadgets, tools, graphics, toys and documents from different countries. The Museum now hosts more than 180 fuel dispensers (from 1892 to 2001) anche more than 8.000 objects. More information...
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