About the Museo Bardini After Hours Visit Walk in Florence
The Museo Bardini is the enduring legacy of one man and his singular vision for displaying the treasures he amassed from all corners of the globe. Stefano Bardini's collection of painting, sculpture, architectural details and minor arts was bequeathed to the city of Florence upon his death and transformed into a museum in the early 20th century and has just recently re-opened after a 20-year restoration.
Bardini was the ultimate art connoisseur (in addition to being a cutting-edge photographer, painter and restorer) and had a profound influence on private art collections, most notably that of Isabella Stewart Gardner of Boston, J.P. Morgan of New York and the Jacquemart-Andres of Paris, and on the design of public collections the world over. The soaring palazzo that houses the museum once acted as Bardini's personal showroom, where clients would flock from all over the world in order to curate their personal collections.
During this after-hours visit to the museum, during a time when i
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The Museo Bardini is the enduring legacy of one man and his singular vision for displaying the treasures he amassed from all corners of the globe. Stefano Bardini's collection of painting, sculpture, architectural details and minor arts was bequeathed to the city of Florence upon his death and transformed into a museum in the early 20th century and has just recently re-opened after a 20-year restoration.
Bardini was the ultimate art connoisseur (in addition to being a cutting-edge photographer, painter and restorer) and had a profound influence on private art collections, most notably that of Isabella Stewart Gardner of Boston, J.P. Morgan of New York and the Jacquemart-Andres of Paris, and on the design of public collections the world over. The soaring palazzo that houses the museum once acted as Bardini's personal showroom, where clients would flock from all over the world in order to curate their personal collections.
During this after-hours visit to the museum, during a time when it is normally closed to the public, we will have the privilege of visiting the Renaissance palazzo as if we were one of Bardini's clients, eager to pore over the endless masterpieces and surprises it conceals around every corner.
Spaced out over a series of thematic rooms, the collection ranges from Medieval architectural details, to della Robbia terracotta sculpture, paintings by great masters like Bronzino, Donatello and Pollaiolo, to eclectic arrangements of minor arts: home objects, medals and bronzes. Every inch of the museum exudes the great collector's exquisite taste and decorative flair- the vivid blue walls, pairings of similar objects and a penchant for the unconventional, lovable and visually arresting. The stunning restoration of this unique space marks a triumphant return of a true Florentine icon.
