Italy 1943–1945
Museo dello Sbarco e Salerno Capitale, Salerno
Museum
The story
A volunteer-run museum of about 200 objects covering the landings and Salerno's months as seat of the Italian government (February–July 1944). Outside stand a Sherman tank, a jeep and a sealed railway wagon of the kind used to deport Italian Jews, a reminder that the war in Italy was also a racial persecution.
What to look for
Uniforms and weapons of all three armies, photographs of the beachhead and the story of the 'Salerno capital'.
Plan your visit
Visits by reservation only (info@salerno1943-1944.com) · Via Generale Clark, Salerno · check before you go
- Notice
- Closed since Dec 2023 (building problems); collection due to move to Capaccio Paestum. Check before going
Checked September 2026 from official sources: tvoggisalerno.it, ilgiornaledisalerno.it. Things change, so check before you travel.
Nearby sites
- Salerno War Cemetery, Bivio Pratole (Montecorvino Pugliano) · 9 km
- Sele–Calore corridor, near Ponte Barizzo · 23 km
- Altavilla Silentina and Hill 424 · 30 km
- US 36th Division monument, Paestum beach · 30 km
- Temples and museum of Paestum · 30 km
- Galleria Borbonica air-raid shelter, Naples · 52 km
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Into Europe: Italy 1943–1945
A free field guide for your phone: the route, the maps and the stories built in, even with no signal. The places of the Allied campaign in Italy, from the Sicily landings of July 1943 through Salerno, the Winter Line, Ortona, Cassino and Anzio, Rome, the Gothic Line and the final battles on the Senio and the Po in April 1945.
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