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
Birth of the Novecento museum
Alberto Della Ragione
Sections Still life and Landscapes
Focus – Giorgio Morandi
Sections Horses and The artist and his world
Focus Futurism
Section Portraits
Focus Sculptures
Focus Arturo Martini
Sections Italiens de Paris – Second Futurism
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
Fortunato Depero, Neighing at speed
Tactile station
Arturo Martini, Susanna
Tactile station
Marini, Young boxer and Raphaël, Emilio Jesi’s portait
Tactile station
Ottone Rosai, Panorama
Tactile station
The façade
Tactile board
Massimo Campigli, Woman’s head
Tactile board
Giorgio De Chirico, I Bagni misteriosi
Tactile board
Team
Artistic Director
Scientific Coordination
Press Office & Communication and External Relations
Social & Digital Communication
Exhibition Organization
Public Program
Graphic Designer
Cultural Mediation
Contacts
info@musefirenze.it
+39 055 2768224
Museo Novecento
Piazza Santa Maria Novella 10,
50123 Florence, Italy
