Printing Museum
From collections of sacred art to Renaissance masterpieces,
right through to multimedia museums: in Jesi, history and culture come to life in unique settings.
The Printing Museum was founded in 2000 to recall the long and important printing tradition of the town, which was the first in the region to witness the birth of a printing house and, at the same time, to have one of the first editions of the Divine Comedy (masterpiece of the famous Italian poet Dante Alighieri) printed in 1472 by Federico de’ Conti.
The museum is housed in the 16th-century Palazzo Pianetti Vecchio in Via Valle and extends along a wide and bright hall where presses and printing machines from different periods as well as rare and valuable books are displayed.
The presses, printing machines and tools, including an interesting collection of movable types, are all locally sourced and recall the history of printing from a technological point of view.
The volumes on display retrace the history of printed books from incunabula (early printed books) to beautiful 19th century examples.
The museum also preserves the archives of the printing houses from which the machines come from.
useful information
OPENING HOURS
Winter (1st September – 30th June): from Wednesday to Friday: 10am-1pm. Closed Mondays, Tuesdays, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays
Summer (1st July – 31st August): from Thursday to Saturday: 10am-1pm. Closed Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Sundays and public holidays
ADMISSION
Tickets: 3€
Reductions: 1€ (children/young from 6 to 25 years of age)
Free: children up to the age of 5, ICOM members, visitors with disabilities and their carers
Guided tours for groups by appointment only
JESI MUSEUM PASS
One ticket to visit 9 museums:
– Palazzo Pianetti Civic Museums
– Printing Museum
– Colocci-Vespucci House Museum
– Old and rare book collection in Palazzo della Signoria
– Frederick II Museum – Stupor Mundi
– Diocesan Museum
– Exhibition Halls of Palazzo Bisaccioni
– Pergolesi and Spontini’s Rooms in G.B. Pergolesi Theatre
– Landscape Interpretation Centre and IME experience
Tickets: 15€
Reductions: 10€ (children/young from 6 to 25 years of age, groups of at least 15 people, residents in Jesi)
Families: 30€
Free: children up to the age of 5
EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS AND COURSES
The museum organises educational workshops about books and the history of printing as well as short woodcut courses for schools.
Upon purchasing an admission ticket to the museum, people who request it can have at their disposal the presses for their own personal use (see regulations).
ARCHIVES AND LIBRARY
In a special room the museum preserves the archives of some printing houses of Jesi, which gather mostly 20th-century documents relating the history of the town. In the same room a small library is arranged, which is specialised on subjects related to printmaking techniques and to the history of the book and printing.
Contacts
MUSEO DELLE ARTI DELLA STAMPA
Via Valle 3, on the ground floor of Palazzo Pianetti Vecchio (near Porta Valle area) 
+39 0731 538339
pinacoteca@comune.jesi.an.it
www.turismojesi.it
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