Museo dello strumento musicale e della musica di Lodi
Educational museum of the Accademia Gerundia with over 500 musical instruments from every continent, a violin-making workshop and sound reproduction equipment.
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About the museum
The museum is displayed on the ground floor of the historic building at Via Carlo Besana 8 in Lodi, built by royal decree in 1896 near the railway station and now home to the Accademia delle Arti Gerundia. It is supported by the municipality and the province of Lodi, and is part of the Sistema Museale Lodigiano and the Associazione Nazionale Piccoli Musei.
The teaching collection comprises over 500 musical instruments, arranged according to the classification devised by Erich von Hornbostel and Curt Sachs in 1914: chordophones, aerophones, idiophones, membranophones, and mechanical and electrical instruments. The route traces the history of the art of sound, from ancient instruments and various ethnic traditions to those in use today. One section brings together archaeological finds with musical references, from the Roman period and the Chinese dynasties, while the violin-making workshop shows the stages of building a violin and the tools of the luthier.
Another section is devoted to sound reproduction equipment: crystal radio, gramophone, wire and tape recorders, valve radio, stereo turntables, record players and jukeboxes, including a Recordorama from 1962 that appears to be the only working example left in Italy. The museum's emblem is the Faun playing a double aulos, from the Greek period.
Highlights
- Over 500 musical instruments from every continent
- Violin-making workshop showing the stages of building a violin
- Archaeological finds with musical references
- Working 1962 Recordorama jukebox
- Opportunity to try out some instruments
Permanent exhibition
- Collezione degli strumenti musicali – Over 500 instruments arranged according to the Hornbostel and Sachs classification, with a violin-making workshop and sound reproduction equipment.
- Operated by
- Associazione Musicale Gerundia
- Visitors per year
- approx. 2,000
Admission & discounts
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible
- 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 rooms are on the ground floor and free of architectural barriers.
Kids & families
Great for kids & families
- Family tours & workshops
- Hands-on stations
Educational workshops and visits for schools; visitors can try out some instruments.
Getting there & parking
By public transit
The museum is 100 metres from the bus terminal and a 7-minute walk from Lodi railway station.
The venue is at Via Carlo Besana 8, in the area of the provincial office of INPS (the Italian social security institute).
Get directionsAmenities & dining
- Museum shop
Bookshop with publications and the museum's own books.
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes · approx. 1.5 hrs |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | The guided visit lasts about an hour and a half (other pages of the museum say two hours) and includes an educational audiovisual presentation, a visit to the exhibition and a short mini-concert; each visitor can try out some of the instruments. Booking through the office. Guided tours and workshops for schools of all levels. |
