Exposed models used in very famous films. The history of the Sidecar with pieces from the early 1900s (first bicycles with the idea of carrying people) up to the most recent Sidecars and motorbikes lent to the cinema.
Modern vintage vehicles for adults and children, both for travel and transport. One of a kind with over one hundred examples of this singular means of transport.
The collection is divided into five sections: Tourism, Commercial, Competition, Military and Bonsai.
The Museum is organized in such a way as to illustrate the complete history of the Sidecar, retracing over a century of technical evolution of this vehicle, distinguishing the various periods, prehistory, twenty years, pioneers, post-war and future.
The Lambretta Anfibia, for racing on water, the first bicycles from the early 1900s with the large front wheel and the Sidecar prototype from the 1900s which allowed the whole family to travel.
Then the large section dedicated to cinema: the Guzzi motorbike from the film “Don Camillo and Peppone” or that of Alberto’s “Il Vigile” Sordi, the legendary Yamaha from the film “Too strong” by Verdone, the motor bicycle from “Pane, amore e fantasia” by Vittorio De Sica and Gina Lollobrigida.
The tourism section includes the most representative models from the end of the last century to the present day, as well as some scooters and bicycles with sidecars and some motorcycles that belonged to famous people or used in well-known films.
The carriages built for utilitarian purposes for the transport of goods and for the most disparate specific uses are displayed in the commercial section, followed by the competition section, in which space is given to the particular use of sidecars in racing and to a particular type of articulated wheelchair.
In the military section it is possible to admire the vehicles used during the First and Second World Wars. Here special dioramas place the sidecars inside real war scenes.
Finally, the bonsai section collects all the miniatures relating to sidecars.
The section “Sidecars from Hollywood to Cinecittà” is also very well looked after.
All sections are enriched with original documents, films and photos.
Among the curiosities, the longest sidecar in the world: Bohmerland 1932, the widest one: Indian Chief 1935, the smallest: Excelsior Corgi 1946 and the largest: BMW R75 with three trailers and the Giant Vespa
The evolution of the bicycle (starting from the draisine)
The Passion
A shed used in the 1980s as a shed for the construction vehicles of the Dam now used to house the curious Sidecar Museum.
The idea was born from Mr. Costantino Frontalini, when, more than forty years ago, he purchased his first sidecar. Hence the passion for this vehicle, the collection of over one hundred pieces and the subsequent creation of this unique museum, which also tells the story and evolution of the motor vehicle and the combination with the best-known arthouse films. Some of the models on display are the ones used on set, others are reproductions.
Free entry. We recommend booking your visit
Sidecar Museum
Via Valcarecce 13
Cingoli (Macerata)
Marche – Italy
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