New Italian ice-cream museum opens in Bologna – in pictures

A new museum charting the history of the Italian gelato opens tomorrow just outside Bologna. Visitors can taste historic flavours and try their hand at making their own, while displays chart the rise of the frozen delicacy. Here are a selection of photos from the exhibition
  
  


Gelato Museum Italy: Gelato Museum Italy archive photo
The museum opens its doors at the headquarters of Bologna-based gelato machine maker Carpigiani. The exhibits include many historic ice-cream images from around the world. Here gelato artisans stand next to a large batch freezer in their shop in Vienna, Austria, in 1906 Photograph: Gelato Museum Carpigiani Archive
Gelato Museum Italy: Gelato Museum Italy archive photo
A gelatiere hands a cone to a child in Cannes, France, 1926 Photograph: Gelato Museum Carpigiani Archive
Gelato Museum Italy: Gelato Museum Italy archive photo
A woman serving ice-cream in 1950s Germany Photograph: Gelato Museum Carpigiani Archive
Gelato Museum Italy: Gelato Museum Italy archive photo
A woman eating gelato in South Africa in the 1950s Photograph: Gelato Museum Carpigiani Archive
Gelato Museum Italy: Gelato Museum Italy archive photo
Carpigiani van at a fairground in Bologna, Italy, 1958 Photograph: Gelato Museum Carpigiani Archive
Gelato Museum Italy: Gelato Museum Italy archive photo
Carpigiani promotional campaign, 1960s, Italy Photograph: Gelato Museum Carpigiani Archive
Gelato Museum Italy: Gelato Museum Italy archive photo
Children waiting at an ice-cream van in 1960s England Photograph: Gelato Museum Carpigiani Archive
Gelato Museum Italy: Gelato Museum Italy archive photo
Children eating gelato, 1980s Photograph: Picasa/Gelato Museum Carpigiani Archive
Gelato Museum Italy: Gelato Museum Italy archive photo
A 1960s Italian gelateria with Carpigiani Singola soft serve machine Photograph: Gelato Museum Carpigiani Archive
 

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