Museo Arte Moderna Informazione Fotografia

Senigallia's MUSINF explores the relationship between art, photography and information. Its civic collections include photographs selected and donated by Mario Giacomelli alongside works and archives connected with the city's wider photographic culture.

Why it matters

The museum treats photography both as artistic expression and as a means of communication. Artist donations played a major role in forming a collection that also encompasses contemporary art and printmaking.

What to notice

Giacomelli's anthology includes the Scanno photographs and the celebrated images of young seminarians at play. Their strong tonal contrasts and distinctive compositions form one strand of the collection. Material relating to the Misa photographic group places his work alongside the ideas and practice of Giuseppe Cavalli and other photographers.

Context and history

The municipal museum was established in 1981 from a project developed by critic Carlo Emanuele Bugatti and supported by artists including Virgilio Guidi, Umberto Mastroianni and Orfeo Tamburi. Its collections grew through donations. The movement of collections to Palazzo del Duca added a later chapter to an institution closely tied to Senigallia's history of photography.