Museum

The Museo Novecento is dedicated to the Italian art of the 20th and 21st Century and offers a permanent collection and many temporary exhibitions, art installations and special projects. The museum is located in the ancient Spedale of the Leopoldine in Santa Maria Novella Square.

Opened on 24 June 2014, the Museo Novecento is dedicated to 20th-century art, presenting a selection of works from the civic collections which focuses on Italian art of the first half of the 20th century.

Of great value is the Alberto Della Ragione Collection, donated to the city of Florence in the aftermath of the 1966 flood, with artworks by Giorgio De Chirico, Filippo De Pisis, Gino Severini, Giorgio Morandi, Mario Mafai, Renato Guttuso, Felice Casorati among others.

The Museum is completed with the exhibition of the Legacy of Ottone Rosai, donated by his widow Francesca Fei and his brother Oreste to the Municipality of Florence.

    Colonna di destra

    Colonna di destra

    In addition to the permanent collection, the temporary exhibitions and the programme of the Cinema and Conferences Room enrich the activity of the museum with a thematic and multidisciplinary approach. Through its art mediation department the Museum daily arranges educational activities like workshops, guided tours for families, children, teenagers, adults and special audiences.

    The Museo Novecento organizes and hosts cycles of meetings, presentations, screenings and concerts conceived as moments of critical study on the Twentieth Century. The programming is curated by Sergio Risaliti.

    Inclusive Museo Novecento

    The new inclusive section of the civic network dedicated to the Museo Novecento has been created thanks to the PNRR M.1-C.3 funding – Measure 3 Inv.1.2 (CUP H17B22000620006) – ‘Removal of physical and cognitive barriers in museums, libraries and archives to enable broad access to and participation in culture’ in public museums and cultural venues not belonging to the Ministry of Culture.The contents have been developed in collaboration with the DIDA Department of Architecture of the University of Florence, the Ente Nazionale Sordi (National Federation of the Deaf) of Florence and the Unione Italiana Ciechi e Ipovedenti (Italian Union of the Blind and Partially Sighted) of Florence.

    Next you will find : audios to support your visit, LIS language videos, and audios from the tactile section.

    Vademecum

    The building’s history

    The building’s history

    Birth of the Novecento museum

    Birth of the Novecento museum

    Alberto Della Ragione

    Alberto Della Ragione

    Sections Still life and Landscapes

    Sections Still life and Landscapes

    Focus – Giorgio Morandi

    Focus – Giorgio Morandi

    Sections Horses and The artist and his world

    Sections Horses and The artist and his world

    Focus Futurism

    Focus Futurism

    Section Portraits

    Section Portraits

    Focus Sculptures

    Focus Sculptures

    Focus Arturo Martini

    Focus Arturo Martini

    Sections Italiens de Paris – Second Futurism

    Sections Italiens de Paris – Second Futurism

    Rosai’s bequest

    Rosai’s bequest

    The building’s history

    Alberto Della Ragione

    Sections Still life and Landscapes

    Sections Horses and The artist and his world

    Section Sculptures

    Ottone Rosai

    Giorgio Morandi, Still life

    Tactile station

    Giorgio Morandi, Still life

    Fortunato Depero, Neighing at speed

    Tactile station

    Fortunato Depero, Neighing at speed

    Arturo Martini, Susanna

    Tactile station

    Arturo Martini, Susanna

    Marini, Young boxer and Raphaël, Emilio Jesi’s portait

    Tactile station

    Marini, Young boxer and Raphaël, Emilio Jesi’s portait

    Ottone Rosai, Panorama

    Tactile station

    Ottone Rosai, Panorama

    The façade

    Tactile board

    The façade

    Massimo Campigli, Woman’s head

    Tactile board

    Massimo Campigli, Woman’s head

    Giorgio De Chirico, I Bagni misteriosi

    Tactile board

    Giorgio De Chirico, I Bagni misteriosi

    Contacts

    info@musefirenze.it

    +39 055 2768224

    Museo Novecento

    Piazza Santa Maria Novella 10,
    50123 Florence, Italy

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