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The Adamello White War Museum is located in Spiazzo Rendena, set up in the old elementary schools of the Trentino resort. The museum is dedicated to the Great War fought on the Adamello-Carè Alto front (1915-1918) and collects objects and materials that had enabled soldiers to survive the snow and frost and that over time the glaciers have returned. It also preserves an important collection of photos, documents and books on World War I.Established in 1973, Spiazzo's Adamellina White War Museum was born out of a desire to preserve materials recovered from the Adamello-Carè Alto glaciers by Sergio Collini and Giovanni Pellizzari during a number of expeditions carried out beginning in the 1970s. In addition to war materiel, personal effects, clothing, sleds and skis, the museum holds pieces of special interest, such as the diary of Lieutenant Felix Hecht von Eleda, commander of the Austro-Hungarian garrison on the Corno di Cavento, a bomb-thrower and an excellently preserved field forge.Memorabilia salvage in Val Rendena began at the end of the war, when economically struggling valley residents began collecting war relics for resale or reuse. Salvage became a profession and the figure of the "salvager" was born. Once the profession disappeared, scavenging was carried on by history enthusiasts.Recognized as a permanent exhibit by the Autonomous Province of Trento, the Spiazzo Rendena Museum collaborates with the Great War Museum in Bersone, the museums dedicated to the White War in Temù and Vermiglio. In 2007 the museum's new headquarters was inaugurated.
