the museum of pasta is located on the ground floor of the west wing of corte di giarola that was renovated. it was earlier a centre for processing agricultural food products dating back to the medieval times until the end of the 19th century, later a processing industry for conserve and food in for the first six decades of the 20th century. the museum was inaugurated on may 10, 2014 coinciding with a conference with a convention dedicated to "la pasta tra storia, cultura e gastronomia" (meaning "pasta: history, culture and gastronomy") with invitees collector ettore guatelli, poet attilio bertolucci and entrepreneur pietro barilla, the italian coordinator of the food museums and famous food journalist davide paolini.