Welcome back Bardini Museum!

An important museum for Florence opens again to the public after long and accurate restorations work aimed at re-establishing the configuration which its founder, the antiquarian Stefano Bardini, had originally given the exhibition. Stefano Bardini trained as a painter, became famous as a restorer and put together a collection of artwork with the love and passion for the Renaissance. Thanks to him, the keenness for Renaissance architectural decorations, for stucco sculptures and terracotta sculptures was rediscovered.
The original decorations of the rooms of the present-day Museum, which was actually the antiques showroom in Bardini’s times, can now be enjoyed. On account of its uniqueness, the blue color employed was imitated by many, including Jacquemart-Andrè in Paris and Isabella Stewart in Boston.
The opening of the Bardini Museum on 5 April marks the beginning of a week of special events and meetings on the subject of collectionism and restoration.
The Museum will be officially re-inaugurated on 5 April at 11.00 with a musical performance. At 16.00 Councilman Eugenio Giani will speak about the Progetto Oltrarno. At 17.00 the museum curator, Antonella Nesi, will speak about the criteria adopted for the reconfiguration of the exhibition.
The conference programs can be viewed on the City of Florence’s website
www.comune.firenze.it
Museo Bardini
Via dei Renai, 37 (Ponte alle Grazie)
Open Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Opening hours: 11-17.00
Admission € 5.00, concessions € 4.00 (ages 18-25 an over 65), or € 2.00 (age 4-17)