A JUMP INTO THE PAST  

The carriage museum in Macerata

The Carriage Museum was established by the Municipality of Macerata in 1962 following the great donation made by Count Pier Alberto Conti of Civitanova Marche (1884-1968). The original core consists of six sports models: Spider Phaeton, Mail Phaeton, Jardinière, Gran Break de Chasse, Stanhope-Gig, Break and Skeleton Break. Included in the donation is a rich set of saddles, bites, whips, bridles, horseshoes, four-or-six-seater dresses, as well as books, horse manuals, prints and vintage photographs.

The museum also houses a 18th-century hand-held sedan for the transport of ladies
donated by Filippo Catellani and a nineteenth-century carriage, the Wourche model,
donated in 1981 by the Pietramellara family.

Two new baby carriages from the twentieth century have been added to the collection.

Following the study and cataloging of a collection made up of more than 600 carpentry tools from workshops in Macerata, civic museums have the opportunity to set up
an exhibition section devoted to another aspect specific to material culture, wood craftsmanship .