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Museum dedicated to Gioachino Rossini on the piano nobile (main floor) of Palazzo Montani Antaldi in Pesaro, with a route through ten rooms of relics, scores and multimedia.
July 28, 2026 – November 29, 2026
To mark two hundred years since the first Parisian performance of Rossini's opera, the exhibition presents manuscripts, historic editions, archive materials and iconography, as well as photographs of productions from the Rossini Opera Festival. The route winds between Casa Rossini and the Museo Nazionale Rossini.
The Museo Nazionale Rossini is dedicated to the composer born in Pesaro in 1792 and occupies the piano nobile (main floor) of Palazzo Montani Antaldi in the historic centre of the city. The museum opened in 2019 as part of the “Rossini 150” project, promoted by the municipality of Pesaro with the support of the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Pesaro; the scientific curation of the material was entrusted to the Fondazione Rossini.
The palace was built in the 16th century for the Montani family and took on its present neoclassical appearance in the 1780s, to a design by Tommaso Bicciaglia. The vaulted rooms of the piano nobile were frescoed with mythological subjects between 1777 and 1781 by artists of the school of Giannandrea Lazzarini. After various changes of ownership and the serious damage suffered in 1944, the building was bought in 1983 by the Cassa di Risparmio di Pesaro and restored between 1986 and 1991. Since 1995 it has housed the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio.
The route unfolds over ten rooms and is conceived as an opera: an Overture in the Sala degli Specchi (Hall of Mirrors), two Acts devoted to his youth and success in Italy, and to his maturity, his Parisian sojourn and his death, and a multimedia Intermezzo. On display are paintings, busts, relics, original scores, librettos and stage sketches, partly from the Fondazione Rossini, together with video projections of productions from the Rossini Opera Festival.
| Adults | €8 |
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| Reduced | €6university students, holders of the Card Pesaro Musei and holders of partner agreements (including, among others, the Rossini Opera Festival ticket and Amici del ROF, FAI members, Touring Club Italiano, COOP Alleanza 3.0, ISIC/ITIC/IYTC, and the “Patente del Lettore – Pesaro città che legge” card) |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 18 · Free admission for under-19s. |
| Visitors with disabilities | freecompanion free · Free admission for people with disabilities and for those accompanying them. |
| Students & apprentices | €6Reduced rate for university students; free for students of the State Conservatory of Music “G. Rossini”. |
| Groups (15+ people) | €6 per personReduced admission for groups of at least 15 people, with compulsory booking; schools and accompanying teachers enter free with booking. |
| Families | –Free admission with the Carta Famiglia of the municipality of Pesaro. |
| Guided tour for groups (in Italian, 1 hour 30 minutes) | €80Fixed fee in addition to the tickets; in English €100. |
| Guided tour for couples (1 hour) | €30Fixed fee for 2 people in addition to the tickets; in English €60. |
| Guided tour for families (1 hour) | €40Fixed fee for 2 adults and up to 3 children aged 0 to 14, in addition to the tickets; in English €70. |
| Extraordinary opening outside regular hours | €50Additional fee on top of the tickets. |
Free admission: Free admission for residents of Pesaro and neighbouring municipalities on 29 February, 11 June, 21 June, 2 September, 24 September, 31 October, 13 November and 22 November.
Free admission also for ICOM members and journalists with a press card.
The website provides no information on the accessibility of the spaces; admission is free for people with disabilities and for those accompanying them.
Great for kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 18 |
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Guided tours dedicated to families (2 adults and up to 3 children aged 0 to 14) and an educational programme for schools are available; the route includes multimedia stations and videos.
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The Rossini Shop is available online through the museums’ shop.
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| Guided tours | yes · approx. 1.5 hrs |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Guided tours in Italian and English, including for couples and families, booked via the website or at the museum. Groups of more than 30 people are split in two and set off 45 minutes apart. A 3D virtual tour is available. An educational programme is offered for schools. |
