Museo della Zampogna a Scapoli

"The International Museum of the Reed-pipe" named after its creator Pasquale Vecchione, is unique in the world for its peculiarity and characteristic for the extraordinary architectural recovery of the structure, cured in every aspect in the splendid scenery of Palazzo Mancini. In the Museum, located on three floors, it is possible to admire, thematically catalogued, numerous and valuable Bagpipes coming from every part of the world and produced in various ages, wind instruments of rare beauty, a vast iconographic and literary documentation, besides period photos and an ancient workshop dedicated to the historical Scapoli's Bagpipes makers, who have transmitted to the new generations their incomparable Art. Along the fascinating expositive path it is possible to visit a unique permanent crib of Neapolitan School realized by the Masters of Capuano Art of San Gregorio Armeno in Naples.
The Museum can be reached on foot from the main square of the town by following the "Cammino di Ronda", a walk along the perimeter of the Lombard fortification that embraces the Old Town at 360 degrees, set in the magnificent scenery of the Molise Mainarde with an exceptional view over the Volturno Valley. With this valuable museum reality is aimed at enhancing the traditions and culture typical of Scapoli, with a strong appeal of cultural and folkloric proposal: folklore that is also inherent in the landscape, so deeply felt and lived. An expositive project that places itself as a meeting point between art and popular culture, as it highlights the harmonious symbiosis with the local popular tradition, understood as a palpitating expression of the feeling of the pastoral community. With the International Museum of the Reed-pipe "P. Vecchione", that every year is enriched with new and precious instruments coming from all the corners of the earth, the intention is to bring back to light the soul of a town that wanted to relaunch its economy through cultural tourism.