The town of Castelfidardo officially opened the International Accordion Museum on 9 May 1981.
Castelfidardo is known all over the world for the production of this instrument, thanks to the ingenuity of Paolo Soprani who created the first Italian accordion company in 1863. Paolo Soprani was the first of a long series of craftsmen, entrepreneurs and artists who dedicated their lives to making, developing and promoting the accordion.
The International Accordion Museum wants to pay homage to these greats who have contributed to the economic and cultural transformation of our land.
The Museum is housed in a completely renovated seventeenth-century building of the Palazzo Comunale (Town Hall), which occupies an area of over 500 square metres, with 100 examples on display chosen from the 500 belonging to the complete collection that has been added to over the years.
This space entirely dedicated to the accordion was created thanks to the patronage of the Local Council and the Proloco (Local Tourist Board), following the participation of a delegation of citizens from Castelfidardo, composed of Vincenzo Canali, Beniamino Bugiolacchi and the “accordion poet” Gervasio Marcosignori, on the television programme “Portobello” presented by Enzo Tortora. During the show, on February 20, 1981, our fellow citizens launched the idea of creating a collection of antique accordions to be exhibited in a museum.
The success of the initiative prompted an extension of the museum itself and enrichment of the collection with materials received from numerous Italian and international donations.
The Accordion Museum is a place of art, history, culture and craftsmanship and represents one of the finest museums in the Marche Region.
Beniamino Bugiolacchi, Vincenzo Canali and Gervasio Marcosignori take part in the RAI1 television programme “Portobello” to call for donations of accordions and melodeons to create a Museum.
Castelfidardo officially opens the “International Accordion Museum”.
The museum exhibitions are enhanced thanks to the donations of accordion-themed paintings and sculptures by Stefano Pigini, Tonino Guerra, Silvia Bugari, Marc Chagall, Steno, Rodolfo Gasparri, Peter van Wood and Renato Carosone.
The “King of stickers” Giuseppe Panini donates a sizeable collection of about 80 instruments to the Accordion Museum.
Instruments that belonged to great musicians such as A. Piazzolla, G. Kramer, V. Borghesi, W. Beltrami etc on display.
The Accordion Museum is enriched with a unique instrument: a portative organ considered the ancestor of the accordion, made by the luthier Mario Buonessore following the designs by Leonardo Da Vinci.
The Museum in numbers: 450 accordions (130 on public display), 45 paintings and sculptures, 550 iconographic objects, 9500 musical scores, 11000 recordings, degree theses, books and magazines.
Opening of the exhibition rooms and the new museum tour.
The town of Castelfidardo officially opened the International Accordion Museum on 9 May 1981.
Castelfidardo is known all over the world for the production of this instrument, thanks to the ingenuity of Paolo Soprani who created the first Italian accordion company in 1863. Paolo Soprani was the first of a long series of craftsmen, entrepreneurs and artists who dedicated their lives to making, developing and promoting the accordion.
The International Accordion Museum wants to pay homage to these greats who have contributed to the economic and cultural transformation of our land.
The Museum is housed in a completely renovated seventeenth-century building of the Palazzo Comunale (Town Hall), which occupies an area of over 500 square metres, with 100 examples on display chosen from the 500 belonging to the complete collection that has been added to over the years.
This space entirely dedicated to the accordion was created thanks to the patronage of the Local Council and the Proloco (Local Tourist Board), following the participation of a delegation of citizens from Castelfidardo, composed of Vincenzo Canali, Beniamino Bugiolacchi and the “accordion poet” Gervasio Marcosignori, on the television programme “Portobello” presented by Enzo Tortora. During the show, on February 20, 1981, our fellow citizens launched the idea of creating a collection of antique accordions to be exhibited in a museum.
The success of the initiative prompted an extension of the museum itself and enrichment of the collection with materials received from numerous Italian and international donations.
The Accordion Museum is a place of art, history, culture and craftsmanship and represents one of the finest museums in the Marche Region.
Beniamino Bugiolacchi, Vincenzo Canali and Gervasio Marcosignori take part in the RAI1 television programme “Portobello” to call for donations of accordions and melodeons to create a Museum.
Castelfidardo officially opens the “International Accordion Museum”.
The museum exhibitions are enhanced thanks to the donations of accordion-themed paintings and sculptures by Stefano Pigini, Tonino Guerra, Silvia Bugari, Marc Chagall, Steno, Rodolfo Gasparri, Peter van Wood and Renato Carosone.
The “King of stickers” Giuseppe Panini donates a sizeable collection of about 80 instruments to the Accordion Museum.
Instruments that belonged to great musicians such as A. Piazzolla, G. Kramer, V. Borghesi, W. Beltrami etc on display.
The Accordion Museum is enriched with a unique instrument: a portative organ considered the ancestor of the accordion, made by the luthier Mario Buonessore following the designs by Leonardo Da Vinci.
The Museum in numbers: 450 accordions (130 on public display), 45 paintings and sculptures, 550 iconographic objects, 9500 musical scores, 11000 recordings, degree theses, books and magazines.
Opening of the exhibition rooms and the new museum tour.
