The Museum of Rome, so called, opens on 21 April 1930, in the structure of the former Pastificio Pantanella, in Piazza della Bocca della Verità, inaugurated by the then director of Antiquities and Fine Arts of the Governorate of Rome, Antonio Muñoz (1884- 1960).
Closed in 1939 due to the war events, it will move in 1952 to the current headquarters of Palazzo Braschi where the collection of about 120,000 objects is housed, including paintings, sculptures, prints, photographs and clothes.
Located in the Renaissance heart of Rome, between Piazza Navona and Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, Braschi palace is designed by the Imola-born architect Cosimo Morelli (1732-1812) on behalf of Pope Pius VI (1775 - 1799) who wants to donate it to his nephew, Luigi Honest Braschi.
The museum is divided into 15 rooms on the second floor and another 5 on the third floor of the building.
Other rooms host a library, an exhibition of vintage carriages and rooms for the museum offices.
During the Fascist period the palace was the seat of some institutions of the regime and temporarily housed the Madonna del Fascist, a mosaic that was later transferred to Predappio.
In the autumn of 1943 the palace became the seat of the Fascist Republican Party and housed the headquarters of the Armed Guard of Palazzo Braschi, one of the repression bands active in Fascist Italy.
Museum of Rome, Braschi Palace
Address: piazza di S. Pantaleo 10, Roma
Phone: 060608
Site:
www.museodiroma.it/Location inserted by
Alessandro Sinibaldi