The Stradivari Museum
(Museo civico Ala Ponzone)
A unique collection of forms and tools used by Antonio Stradivari. First bought by Count Cozio di Salabue from Paolo, Stradivari’s son, the collection passed several hands to get to Giuseppe Fiorini, violin maker in Bologna, who donated the precious collection to the City of Cremona in 1930.
Also in the Museum, a didactic room with an exhibition on how to make a violin (explanations also in Braille) and a video in English on the history of violin making.