Piana delle Orme houses one of the largest and heterogeneous collections that exist today.Mariano De Pasquale;an entrepreneur of Sicilian origin;driven by a passion for history and a strong bond with the Pontine land;was the originator and founder of the museum.Dedicated to the 1900s;the museum complex represents a journey through fifty years of Italian history.An exhibition of more than 30 000 square metres documents the traditions and culture of rural civilisation;the great reclamation works of the Pontine marshes;the events of the Second World War;and exhibits vehicles and tools in use at the start of the period of great industrialisation and toys that the children of the period played with.