Parco Tematico & Museo dell'Aviazione «G. Casolari»

About the museum

The aviation museum was founded in 1988 as an aeronautical museum devoted to the Cold War. The collection was formed after the fall of the Berlin Wall, when the countries of the former Soviet sphere retired their aircraft. It focuses on aircraft of the Eastern bloc, such as MiGs and Sukhois, alongside their NATO counterparts.

The theme park, a private non-profit structure, opened in 1995 on an area of almost eight hectares and is named after Commander Gianfranco Casolari, who founded the Centro Studi sulla Linea Gialla together with Amedeo Montemaggi. In 2009 the Istituto per i beni culturali (Institute for Cultural Heritage) recognised the museum with the status of “Museo di qualità” (quality museum).

The museum displays more than forty aircraft, service vehicles, missile and anti-aircraft systems, and piston and jet engines. The main pavilion holds uniforms and flight suits of Italian pilots, together with memorabilia, photographs and medals; the Museo dell’Aeromodellismo storico has a tethered-flight track and record-breaking models. An app allows visitors to consult the technical data sheets of the aircraft, also via QR code.

Highlights

• More than forty Cold War aircraft, including MiGs and Sukhois
• Sections on armaments, helicopters and engines
• Pavilion with uniforms and flight suits of Italian pilots
• Museo dell’Aeromodellismo storico (historic model aircraft museum)
• App with technical data sheets and QR codes

Permanent exhibition

• Collezione di velivoli e Museo dell'Aeromodellismo – Aircraft, helicopters, armaments and engines in the open-air park and the pavilion, with the historic model aircraft museum.

Founded

1988

Operated by

Museo dell'Aviazione S.r.l.

Visitors per year

approx. 3,500

Admission & discounts

From 29 June to 6 September prices are higher: €15 standard and €12 reduced and for groups. Members of the cultural association “Sulle Ali della Storia” enter free of charge with one companion.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: no information
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The park states that it welcomes people with disabilities, without further details.

Kids & families

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Getting there & parking

By car from the Rimini Sud exit of the A14 motorway, follow about 8.5 km in the direction of San Marino; the park is on the hill, on the right, with the entrance on via Sant’Aquilina. From the Rimini–San Marino expressway it is at kilometre 8.5.

Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

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