The Carrino Family Collection: ten rooms of wonders in Muggia

11.500 pieces
150 paintings and sculptures, 800 print artworks, 250 objects of applied art, 4500 publications (music library, historical and bibliographical library), 550 medals and coins, 350 bookplates, 2700 postcards, 400 figurines, 1750 stamps, promotional material, kitsch and curios 

The Carrino Family Collection is held at the Beethoven Library House Museum in Muggia and consists of a total of 11,500 pieces in 12 Subcollections in about ten rooms.  

In 2013, a special exhibition with catalogue was dedicated to the Carrino Family Collection at the Beethoven-Haus in Bonn, at the invitation of the directors Malte Boecker and Michael Ladenburger. The exhibition was a great success with the public and critics, and was extended by two months. “Visitors to this exhibition can enrich their knowledge on multiple levels and see the attraction that Beethoven the person and his work have had on all forms of art throughout the world, capturing new and surprising perspectives every time”. Michael Ladenburger 

The Beethoven Library in Muggia has worked with the Musée de la Musique in Paris and the Philharmonie in Paris on Le Mythe Beethoven, the largest exhibition to be dedicated to the composer in the last thirty years. It was held in Paris in October 2016 and curated by Colin Lemoine and Marie-Pauline Martin. “This exhibition benefited from the invaluable help of the Beethoven-Haus in Bonn, the Association of Friends of Music in Vienna and the Beethoven Library in Muggia… Without them, the many unique documents, including the writer’s manuscripts, could not have been exhibited…” Éric de Visscher, Director of the Musée de la Musique de Paris 

In 2020 he worked with the Kaiserhaus in Baden on the important Beethoven exhibition for the 250th anniversary of the composer’s birth. He took part in the great exhibition titled “Vedere la musica” held in Rovigo in 2021 and curated by Paolo Bolpagni, with a contribution from music historian Benedetta Saglietti.  

zoom_in Ludovico, Giuliana and Sergio Carrino next to a bust of Marcello Mascherini,
the hero piece of the Beethoven Library House Museum in Muggia. zoom_in Collections and an inviting atmosphere. zoom_in The study in the Beethoven Library House Museum. zoom_in The sitting room in the Beethoven Library House Museum. zoom_in Books are stars of the Beethoven Library House Museum. zoom_in The hall of the Beethoven Library House Museum, with an extensive display of prints and graphic art works. zoom_in A view of the cellar dedicated to Beethoven: the Museum’s secret corner. zoom_in Poster for the 2020 “MYTHOS LUDWIG VAN” exhibition held in Baden. zoom_in The Carrino family with friends and organisers of the Baden exhibition. zoom_in Poster for “Eine Beethoven-Wunderkammer in Italien Die Sammlung Carrino”, the exhibition held at the Beethoven-Haus in Bonn from December 2012 to May 2013. zoom_in In Bonn, with Nicole Kämpken and Michael Ladenburger, director and former director of the Beethoven-Haus Museum. zoom_in Poster for “LUDWIG VAN – THE BEETHOVEN MYTH”, the exhibition held in Paris from October 2016 to January 2017. zoom_in In Paris, with friends and organisers of the “LUDWIG VAN – THE BEETHOVEN MYTH” exhibition. zoom_in Malte Boecker, Director of the Beethoven-Haus in Bonn, and guest of the Carrino family in Muggia. zoom_in Beethoven in Muggia, a work by Franco Dugo produced in tribute to the “Beethoven. The Man. The Genius. The Myth” exhibition.