Museums

Palazzo Fabroni Museum of 20th-century and contemporary art

The Museum exhibits the Municipality of Pistoia’s permanent collection of modern and contemporary art and houses temporary exhibitions.

The Palazzo Fabroni Museum of 20th-Century and Contemporary Art exhibits the Municipality of Pistoia’s permanent collection of modern and contemporary art, spanning the art scene from the 1920s to the present day. It houses temporary exhibitions. The museum has been organized chronologically and into homogeneous groups of works, passing through Arte Povera, Conceptual Art, Minimal Art, and Visual Poetry with a complete renewal of language and materials. It begins with…

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City Museum of Antique Art

The Civic Museum can be found inside the Town Hall, the Palazzo Giano, known also as the Palazzo degli Anziani.

The town hall is the 14thcentury Palazzo degli Anziani and home to the City Museum of Antique Art, the city’s first and largest museum. Pistoia’s entire history of art from the 13th to the 20th century is represented here, organized in chronological order with groupings of the Florentine and Pistoia schools. Among the prominent works are the Altarpiece of St. Francis by Coppo di Marcovaldo (13th century), the Lamentation of…

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Rospigliosi Museum e Diocesan Museum

From the sumptuous furnishings of the papal apartment, set up for Clement IX, to the sacred artworks from the churches of the Diocesi.

The Clemente Rospigliosi Museum is located on the main floor of the residence of this illustrious Pistoia family. Giulio Rospigliosi, Pope Clement IX (1667-1669) belonged to a branch of this family. The museum preserves practically intact the sumptuous 17th-century decor of the papal apartment, set up to properly host Clement IX when he passed through the city. Especially extraordinary is the 16th- and 17th-century picture gallery, including twenty-five works by…

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Antico Palazzo dei Vescovi

Housed in the historical bishop’s seat, the museums display a substantial part of the city of Pistoia’s art. One of the Fondazione Pistoia Musei’s centerpieces, this palace is dedicated to ancient and modern art.

The Antico Palazzo dei Vescovi, located in Piazza del Duomo in Pistoia, was first documented in 1091. Initially built as a fortified residence, in the 12th century it began to look more like a stately home. Among its many features, the building houses the sacristy of San Jacopo, built between 1163 and 1170, where Vanni Fucci committed the theft described by Dante in Canto 24 of Inferno. By the 16th…

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Museum of the Spedale del Ceppo

A specific section is dedicated to the Della Robbia Frieze in polychrome glazed terracotta, set on the external loggia

The Museum of the Spedale del Ceppo is located in the historical-monumental part of the former hospital complex founded in 1277, according to tradition. The museum tour illustrates the historical, architectural, and artistic events surrounding the building, with a specific section dedicated to the Della Robbia Frieze in polychrome glazed terracotta, set on the external loggia - a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture. In the former men’s ward of San Jacopo,…

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