The Museum of Musical Instruments in Reggio Calabria in Italy, has been totally destroyed by fire after being torched by arsonists.
Initial reports suggest that several instruments in particular were set alight, before the fire spread around the whole building. The museum, which is close to the seafront which faces Sicily, was founded 17 years ago on the initiative of a local doctor.
It had amassed a collection of 800 instruments from around the world, including many folk instruments of the region. The library was also completely destroyed, which contained some antique scores and books among its collection.
Joe Bailey Cole says
Outrageous! Tragic!
Isabel says
OMG!!!This is horrible news!!!Who would do such a thing??
gramilano says
Who and why? It’s bad enough when it’s a supermarket or an office, but the burning of musical instruments that have been created and looked after with care, given pleasure to strangers and friends, and then finish their lives through a deliberate act of vandalism, is impossible to comprehend!
Ed Parise says
Terrible, terrible, terrible—such a tragedy at the hands of tragic fools!