Museum of the Tap

The “Museum of the Tap and its Technology” in San Maurizio d’Opaglio is unique in the world; it addresses the fascinating and ancestral topic of man’s painful relationship with water in a journey from which the path of humanity re-emerges from an unusual point of view: the history of hygiene and technological innovations (of which taps and valves are the fundamental components) that have allowed us to dominate the liquid element, transforming body care from a luxury practice for the few to a mass phenomenon. The museum project therefore intends to retrace the social history of water and the innovations that have allowed us to dominate the liquid element, transforming body care from an elitist practice to a mass phenomenon and determining the rise of the industrial district of taps and valves in Cusio.