After a major restoration, the “Museo del Sassofono” in Fiumicino, the largest collection of saxophones in the world, reopens to the public.
The “Museo del Sassofono”
On Sunday, June 1, 2025, the Museum will host a special free concert by the “Fire Dixie Band” with Pietro Crescimbeni (Trumpet), Lady Laura (Voice), Riccardo Salvia (Clarinet-Saxophones), Armando Mortet (Banjo), and Leonardo Crescimbeni (Bass Sax). The Museum, restored with the fundings of Regione Lazio and enriched with new instruments, allows us to fully understand the historical-organological evolution of the saxophone.
This unique attraction counted more than 3,000 visitors in 2024, with an increase of over 22% compared to the previous year.
The exhibition preserves precious, rare musical instruments, such as the tiny 32 cm soprillo the huge J’Elle Stainer sub-contrabasso, the Grafton Plastic, and the instruments of the inventor Adolphe Sax. In addition, we can admire the legendary Conn O-Sax, the slide saxophones, the rothphones and the instruments belonged to great artists like Sonny Rollins, Tex Beneke, Benny Goodman, Ralph James, Ross Gorman, Gil Ventura, and Tom Scott.
Today the Museum, winner of the Prize for the Promotion of the Lazio Cultural Sites in 2021, organizes numerous festivals in Italy and abroad.
Saxophones on display the “Museo del Saxofono” in Fiumicino in Fiumicino