The House Museum Giacomo Matteotti was established in 2004 (Law 255/2004) as a place of remembrance that preserves intact the original traces of the daily life of a protagonist of twentieth-century history and his family. The same legislation bound the garden, with the driveway to the House, for its memorial value of rural landscape. In 2017 (Law 213/2017) it was recognized as a National Monument for its high historical and political value. It is also a Museum of relevant regional interest (art.7 Law 50/1984 of the Veneto Region) and is included in the Polesine Provincial Museum System.

In this house, James lived with his parents Girolamo (1939-1902) of Trentino origin and Isabella Garzarolo (1851-1931) from Fratten, his wife Velia Titta (1890-1938) from Pisa, whom he met at Abetone in 1912 and married in a civil ceremony in Rome’s Campidoglio on January 8, 1916, and with the children born of their union, Giancarlo (1918-2006), Matteo (1921-2000), both politicians in the ranks of democratic socialism, and Isabella (1922-1994).

The owner of the House is the Accademia dei Concordi of Rovigo by testamentary bequest from Matteotti’s children while the management, falls to the Municipality of Fratta Polesine under an agreement signed with the owner in 2010.

The House Museum has been open to the public since 2012. On the occasion of the centenary of Matteotti’s assassination in 2024.

a multimedia rearrangement of the museum itinerary was made. The red thread of the new layout is the black iron plate, used in the new installation devices, chosen because it represents both the outspoken and strong-willed character of Giacomo Matteotti (nicknamed Tempesta) and the violent irruption of the news of his murder into the family life of the house. These elements guide visitors through the most significant moments of Matteotti’s life, distributed throughout the three floors of the house starting from the entrance.

The new narrative path, therefore, interacts with, not modifying, typical everyday spaces, and multimedia installations, enrich the experience of the visit, offering a dynamic and engaging narrative of Giacomo Matteotti’s life and legacy.