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The section bears witness to the musical tradition of Crema, the birthplace of composers such as
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The historical section collects documents, memorabilia and objects of the ages from the end of the Middle Ages. Some documents testify the political and social reality of the city of Crema under the rule of the
Serenissima. An important nucleus consists of documents of the 1797, year of the fall of
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After decades of requests from the citizens, the institution of the Museum was made official by municipal decision in 1959. The works started under the direction of Edallo, and soon led to a first provisional arrangement of the material in the meantime collected.
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In May 2014, the new section of modern and contemporary art was inaugurated, enlarged compared to the previous nucleus and dedicated to works of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, selected by the art critic
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numerous sketches and cartoons of the cremaschi Luigi Manini and
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