Museo della Stampa Remondini

About the museum

The Museo della Stampa Remondini is on the ground floor of Palazzo Sturm, a residence built around the middle of the 18th century for the silk merchant and industrialist Vincenzo Ferrari to a design by Daniello Bernardi. The palace has more than seventy rooms on seven levels and painted decorations by Giorgio Anselmi of 1765 with mythological and allegorical subjects; in 1943 it was donated to the Comune di Bassano del Grappa by Baron Giovanni Battista Sturm von Hirschfeld.

The museum, opened to the public in 2007, is devoted to the printing and engraving of the Remondini, a family of printers from Bassano who, between the 17th and 19th centuries, built an industrial colossus of images, focusing on originality, variety and export. Their engravings spread iconographic models that helped give an almost universal visual form to stories, places and cults.

The route illustrates all aspects of the Remondini industrial phenomenon through books, decorated papers, popular prints, games, optical views, and etchings and woodcuts by great Italian and European engravers such as Andrea Mantegna, Albrecht Dürer, Lucas van Leyden, Marcantonio Raimondi, Ugo da Carpi and Jacques Callot. On the piano nobile (main floor) of the palace is also the Museo della Ceramica Giuseppe Roi.

Highlights

• Printing and engraving of the Remondini family
• Books, decorated papers, popular prints, games and optical views
• Engravings by Mantegna, Dürer, Callot and other masters
• 18th-century palace with decorations by Giorgio Anselmi
• Viewpoint over the Brenta and the Ponte degli Alpini

Permanent exhibition

• Museo della Stampa Remondini – Route on the Remondini production: books, decorated papers, popular prints, games, optical views and prints by great European engravers.

Founded

2007

Operated by

Comune di Bassano del Grappa – Musei Civici

Visitors per year

approx. 8,815

Admission & discounts

The ticket is the Palazzo Sturm ticket, which also houses the Museo della Ceramica Giuseppe Roi. Residents of Bassano del Grappa enter free. Free admission for accompanied minors up to their 10th birthday, people with recognised disabilities and their companion, companions of groups of at least 15 people, school teachers and university lecturers with their students, journalists registered with the professional order, ICOM members, holders of the MBA Club Card, licensed guides and tour escorts, and other categories specified by the museum. Reduction for AreaArte Card, FAI, Touring Club Italiano, over-65s, residents of Bassano del Grappa, groups of at least 15 people and other partner categories.

Accessibility

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

The exhibition rooms and teaching spaces of Palazzo Sturm are fully accessible. People with mobility impairments enter from Vicolo Schiavonetti 10, after notifying +39 0424 519940.

Kids & families

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Getting there & parking

Palazzo Sturm is in the centre of Bassano del Grappa, with a viewpoint over the Brenta river and the Ponte degli Alpini. Directions by car and from the station are on the Musei Civici website.

Amenities & dining

• Coat check
• Wi-Fi

Free cloakroom at the Museo Civico. Musei Civici Wi-Fi network available after registration. Food and drink may not be consumed in the rooms.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Private parties
• Corporate events
• Weddings / ceremonies

The Musei Civici make their spaces available for events and civil weddings; the Sala degli Specchi is available at Palazzo Sturm. Quote requests go to the administration and general affairs office.

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