Ethnographic Museum of Musical Instruments "Gaspare Cannone"

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Ethnographic Museum of Musical Instruments "Gaspare Cannone", Musical instrument museum in Alcamo, Italy.

The Ethnographic Museum of Musical Instruments houses 202 instruments from various regions inside the former Church of Saint James of the Sword.

In 2014, teacher and poet Fausto Cannone donated his collection of instruments gathered over 30 years to establish the first ethnical musical museum in Sicily.

The collection includes instruments from Thailand, Tibet, New Guinea, South America, Polynesia, China, and Australia, representing different musical traditions and techniques.

Located at 75 Via Commendatore Navarra, the museum underwent maintenance works in 2021 to ensure proper preservation of the instrument collection.

Among the collection stands a Bolivian charango crafted from armadillo skin and a didgeridoo received from a Tasmanian Aboriginal chief.

Location: Alcamo

Inception: 2014

Official opening: 2014

Address: via Commendatore Navarra, 75

Website: https://comune.alcamo.tp.it/it/point-of-interest/708881

GPS coordinates: 37.97961,12.96470

Latest update: March 9, 2025 23:58

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