Society for the Encouragement of Drawing Studies and the Conservation of Works of Art in Valsesia – Onlus is a non-profit organization established as a Moral Entity by Royal Decree on April 22, 1915, No. 581, and registered in the Register of Legal Persons of the Piedmont Region. The Entity owns and manages the Palazzo dei Musei, home to the Pinacoteca and the Calderini Museum of Natural History.
Today, the Entity is administered by a Board of Directors composed of eleven representatives: seven elected by the General Assembly, one by the Municipality of Varallo, one by the Mountain Union of the Municipalities of Valsesia, one by the Vercelli Savings Bank Foundation, and one representing the Office for Ecclesiastical Cultural Heritage of the Diocese of Novara.
The primary objective of the Entity is the management, preservation, and enhancement of the heritage housed in the Palazzo dei Musei.
Download the Statute here (pdf STATUTE)
Claudio Francione – President;
Anna Astori – Vicepresident;
Donata Minonzio – Vicepresident;
Simone Berardi – Counselor;
Massimo Bonola – Counselor;
Donatella Mossello Rizzio – Counselor;
Rodolfo Serafini – Counselor;
Marco Deluca – Counselor representing the Municipality of Varallo;
Davide Franchi – Counselor representing the Mountain Union of the Municipalities of Valsesia;
Paolo Mira – Counselor representing the Diocese of Novara;
Dante Razzano – Counselor representing the Vercelli Savings Bank Foundation.
Director and Curator: Paola Angeleri