International Accordion Museum

INTERNATIONAL ACCORDION MUSEUM "ALBERTO PICCHIETTI room"

"It may sound a little emphatic, or even paradoxical, to say that the accordion industry was born in Castelfidardo to celebrate the longed-for unification of Italy. It is undeniable, however that these two events are very close in time. In 1860 the Piedmont troops defeated the Pope's army and achieved the unification of Italy; in 1863 Paolo Soprani, a Castelfidardo farmer, founded the "Italian accordion industry". Well then, the Museum...

ORARIO D’INGRESSO (biglietteria) VISITING HOURS

Giorni feriali/working days: 10,00 – 12,15 e/and 15,30 – 18,30
Giorni festivi/holidays: 10,00 –12,30 e/and 15,30/18,30

CHIUSURA SETTIMANALE: LUNEDI MATTINO/Closed on Mondays

**** BIGLIETTO D’INGRESSO/Entrance fee   € 3,00
         (per comitive superiori a n°20 persone/over 20 persons € 1,50)
         (scolaresche e loro accompagnatori/for schools € 1,00)

**** INGRESSO GRATUITO/free entrance for memb ers of:

         SOCI TOURING CLUB ITALIANO
         SOCI ITALIA NOSTRA

RAGAZZI inf. anni 6/children below the age of 6

Photographic Documentary

Story of the Museum

accordionsmuseum@tiscali.it

Sound File: Title "Blue Danube" of the CD "The Fathers of the Accordion" dedicated to
Pietro Deiro