As a passionate naturalist, Clarence Bicknell decided to recreate a landscape with a monumental effect in Bordighera. For this reason, the Bicknell Museum is surrounded by a lush garden with beautiful century-old plants.
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Bicknell Museum, the Pleasure of Discovery
The Bicknell Museum is a living testimony to Bordighera’s recent history. Thanks to the publication of the novel Il Dottor Antonio by Giovanni Ruffini in the United Kingdom, Bordighera became a favourite holiday destination for many prominent English families at the end of the 19th century.
Even the London gentleman Clarence Bicknell – a mathematician, botanist and forerunner of Esperanto – was fascinated by the Riviera. In 1878, Bicknell...
The Bicknell Museum is a living testimony to Bordighera’s recent history. Thanks to the publication of the novel Il Dottor Antonio by Giovanni Ruffini in the United Kingdom, Bordighera became a favourite holiday destination for many prominent English families at the end of the 19th century.
Even the London gentleman Clarence Bicknell – a mathematician, botanist and forerunner of Esperanto – was fascinated by the Riviera. In 1878, Bicknell...
Rates
Free admission to the garden.
Bicknell Museum chargeable (discounts for groups, Institute members, FAI members, over-65s).
Bicknell Museum chargeable (discounts for groups, Institute members, FAI members, over-65s).
Openings
All year 2025 - Open everyday
