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At a glance
- Type
- Museum
- Area
- 300 m²
- Coordinates
- 44°25′53″ N, 11°16′04″ E
- Address
- Fondazione Guglielmo Marconi, Villa Griffone, via Celestini, 1 - 40037 Pontecchio Marconi (BO)
History and description
The Museum and Mausoleum of Guglielmo Marconi is a museum and burial structure for the Italian scientist, inventor, and engineer, Guglielmo Marconi. The tomb is located adjacent to the 17th-century Villa Griffone/Villa Marconi, located on via Celestini #1 in Pontecchio Marconi, about 15 kilometers outside the city of Bologna in Emilia Romagna, Italy.
Museum and Foundation
The Marconi Museum (Museo Marconi) celebrates the discoveries and advances of Guglielmo Marconi in the areas of electricity and radio communication, as well as a general history of the development of radiocommunication. It houses some of the scientific instruments and products used and developed by Marconi and others. The villa also houses the Fondazione Guglielmo Marconi and the Ugo Bordoni Foundation.
Mausoleum
A few years after the death of Marconi in 1937, in the midst of the Second World War, the Mussolini government interred Guglielmo, who had been an avowed fascist sympathizer, and his second wife Maria Cristina Bezzi Scali in an underground hypogeum-tomb, designed by Marcello Piacentini, and sporting a column with Marconi's bust by Arturo Dazzi. The tomb, as with many fascist architectural monuments, hearkens back to Etruscan civilization and ancient Roman models of tombs with a simple entrance to an underground chamber beneath a tumulus.
Text from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Full article: «Marconi Museum».
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Getting there
Pontecchio MarconiTrain, nearest
900 m as the crow flies
Marconi MuseumFondazione Guglielmo Marconi, Villa Griffone, via Celestini, 1 - 40037 Pontecchio Marconi (BO)
Aeroporto di Bologna "Guglielmo Marconi"11.6 km
Distances are as the crow flies, not walking or driving.
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Nearby
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- Free 1st Sunday
Frequently asked questions
Where is Marconi Museum?
Marconi Museum is in Sasso Marconi, in the province of Bologna (Emilia-Romagna), Italy. Address: Fondazione Guglielmo Marconi, Villa Griffone, via Celestini, 1 - 40037 Pontecchio Marconi (BO). GPS coordinates: 44.43135, 11.26768.
What else is there to see near Marconi Museum?
Nearby you’ll find: Villa Griffone (0 m away), Villa Marescalchi (3.7 km away), Villa Talon - Sampieri (5 km away).
Sources and licences
Text. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Data. Wikidata (CC0); opening hours and contacts OpenStreetMap (ODbL).
Photos. Wikimedia Commons, author and licence on every image.
Credits for the 2 photos
- Villa Marconi — CC BY-SA 3.0
- Guglielmo Marconi 1901 wireless signal — Published on LIFE, Public domain
Updated 28 October 2026. All sources and licences