Posizione
MUMEC Museum of the Means of Communication
Museum of Regional relevance
Since December 2005, MUMEC (MUseum of the MEans of Communication) has been located in Arezzo's historic Palazzo Comunale (Town Hall building), right in the town centre.
As they enter MUMEC in Via Ricasoli n. 22, the visitor is faced with an engaging journey throughout the history of telecommunications: pre-cinema, cinema, sound reproduction, telegraphy, writing and computation from the very beginning up to technologies of our present days. MUMEC places particular care in the didactic aspect of the visits, filled with workshops to let the visitor interact as much as possible with the historical objects exhibited in the museum, making them soak up the MUMEC atmosphere.
MUMEC's mission is to preserve the history and introduce future generations to the means of communication that nowadays are used everyday without historical awareness.
Since 2018, MUMEC has been declared a ‘Museum of Regional Importance’ by the Region of Tuscany.
The prototype of what is now MUMEC dates back to around 40 years ago when the Municipality of Arezzo, in collaboration with the Museum of the History of Science in Florence (now Museo Galileo), set up an exhibition on vintage radios named ‘Il Mondo in Casa - i primi 40 anni di storia della radio’ (The World at Home- the very first 40 years of the history of radio). Pivotal was the collaboration of Prof. Fausto Casi, who made his rich collection available especially for the exhibition. Today, said collection (made by circa 2000 pieces) serves as the main body of MUMEC’s exhibition and it has expanded throughout the years to include other themes in order9 complete the history of communication.
Scientific Curator and Founder of MUMEC - Prof. Fausto Casi
MUMEC Director - Dr. Valentina Casi
Opening Days:
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday + every first Sunday of the month, during the Antiques Fair
Opening hours:
9.30 / 17.30
Where you can find us:
Via Ricasoli, 22 (Palazzo Comunale) 52100 Arezzo
Prices:
FULL price ticket: 3,00 €
REDUCED price ticket: 2,00 € - for groups (of minimum 10), students, elderly over 65, Antiques Fair exhibitors, A.I.R.E. (Italian Association for Antique Radio) members
FREE: for teachers, journalists, carers of the disabled, people affected by disabilities
Guided tours:
30 € (up to 20 people) 50 € (up to 30 people)
* booking is required: 0575377662 - 3498932046 - museocomunicazione@comune.arezzo.it
** Special guided tours with educational workshops have been designed for families and classes of all grades.
More info on the section ‘Guided Tours - Educational and Didactic Activities’.
Contact us:
Phone number: 0039 0575377662 (during museum opening hours) - 0039 3498932046
e-mail: museocomunicazione@comune.arezzo.it
* TRADUZIONE A CURA DI ELISA LOMBARDI - Università degli Studi di Siena
