Small treasures and museums

They are part of the Collection 160 ceramic artifacts and 17 photographic panels. These include vintage photos. The artifacts are not “old” but they are faithful reproductions appresentano ideally all buildings in the country to this day.

“La Stanza del Telaio” Museum Area with traditional objects and tools from the 1700s and 1800s for the processing of the fiber to the thread. A museum itinerary which aims to preserve the ancient technique of hand-weaving in the Marche region.

On the first floor we can enjoy the “Quadreria” a collection of paintings, whereas the ground floor rooms exhibit a large group of etchings by various artists, including Warhol.

Museo dell'etichetta: A unique historical archive in the Marche region where labels from the 1500s to the present day are exhibited, passing through Europe and beyond, a glimpse of an art form as ancient as it is indispensable in the contemporary world of wine.
A place created in 1987 by Prof. Armando Ginesi to combine art, through labels and Verdicchio.
Through its labels, the Museum traces the history of the wine market and how it has adapted to economic and cultural changes.
A section of the Museum is dedicated to the labels awarded the Etichetta d'Oro Prize, established in Cupramontana in 1992.

 

Erected by the two brotherhoods that give it its title, in the second half of the 18th century, with funds from the Alfonso Verzieri legacy. The Baroque style interior with frescoes by Luigi Fontana: l The Last Supper with the Communion of the Apostles; in the apse, on the sides of the main altar, within fake tapestries, on the left the Delivery of the keys to St. Peter, on the right the Washing of the feet. Altarpiece is by the hand of Fontana, a canvas depicting San Domenico receiving the rosary from the Madonna and Child. Behind the altarpiece, a niche houses a wooden Madonna with Child from the Neapolitan school of the early seventeenth century. On the counter-façade a large lunette overlooks the choir with the Callido organ.

On April 7, 2018, the Enrico Mattei Museum was born in Matelica thanks to the exclusive work of her niece Rosangela Mattei. The aim is to pass on the work, history, social commitment and teaching that can be obtained from direct knowledge, through all the documentation present inside the museum, of who was Enrico Mattei. There are documents, photos, videos, books, personal objects and everything that Rosangela has kept for almost 50 years, during which she has worked with all her energy to discover the truth about the death of her uncle Enrico. A curious anecdote tells that at the time of the growth of ENI the number of hires of workers from Matelica (MC) was so high that the acronym SNAM (one of the ENI companies) was translated by the workers themselves into "We were born in Matelica" , city of Mattei and many executives, including V. Boldrini, E. Egidi and R. Girotti who were Presidents of ENI.Palazzo Mattei, Via Umberto I n. 9 -62024 Matelica (MC). The Museum can be visited by appointment.

An art gallery with the best of 20th-century Italian art, with works by Mulas, Canova, Porzano, Cattaneo, Schifano, Angeli, Giganti and Macarri.

The former Augustinian monastery houses the Museo del Presepio, inaugurated in 1992.
It exhibits approximately 800 nativity from different countries (silver, agate, straw, rice paper, glass, ceramic).

The Municipal Art Gallery of Penna San Giovanni originated inside the former Church of Saint Anthony the Abbot, of which today only remains the robust bell tower on the side, built on the base of an ancient medieval tower house, and an open arcade with colonnade that allows access to the building.
Inside it houses a rich collection of contemporary art, where you can see works of some of the most important names of the Italian 1900’s.

 

The Municipal Photo Library is home of the Fotoclub, the local photographic club, and it houses the Kodak Museum. Its foundation is the result of the 40-years passionate work of a local citizen – Enzo Romagnoli -, who donated his private collection: 330 cameras, among which the oldest are from the late 19th century, and the newest from the 1980s.

 

The Civic Archaeological Museum "Giuseppe Moretti", named after the well-known dedicated to the Piceni archaeologist who was superintendent of Rome and Lazio in the 1930s and 1940s, has been rearranged in the Ancient Episcope of Castello al Monte and is one of the most important in the Marche region. It houses an important and rich section  dedicated to the Piceni, with finds from the Pitino Necropolis, Fustellano and Monte Penna, the Roman section exhibits finds from the ancient city of Septempeda, the Pascucci Collection collects artifacts from the Paleolithic Bronze Age. Finally, the medieval section, which preserves objects found during excavations in the area of the monumental complex of Castello al Monte.

 

A local example of industrial archaeology in the Marche, which testifies to the economic, cultural and social evolution of the territory of San Severino Marche. The museums consist of three former hydroelectric power plants, not far from each other in Borgo Conce, a place that since the sixteenth century was first home to mills and then factories for the tanning of leather, dyeing of wool, glass processing, of iron continuing in its vocation up to the production of electricity thanks to the exploitation of the water of the river Potenza in the year 900. Even today in the village is home to an electrochemical company, within which there is the third part of the museum, the most fascinating.