Museo di Firenze com'era, History museum in Florence, Italy
Description
The Museo di Firenze com'era was a museum in central Florence that documented the city's transformation through paintings, drawings, and documents. The collections showed architectural and social changes across multiple exhibition spaces.
History
The museum opened in 1955 within a former convent and served as a center for studying the city's past. It closed in 2010 to make way for the expansion of the adjacent library.
Culture
The museum displayed images of Medici villas that showed how wealthy families shaped the city's appearance and identity over time. These artworks revealed the connections between private palaces and Florence's urban development.
Practical
The museum was located on Via dell'Oriuolo in central Florence, within easy walking distance of major landmarks. Since it closed in 2010, visitors cannot access the original location today.
Did you know?
The museum held a rare reproduction of a famous city plan from the 15th century, while the original remained stored in Berlin. This copy allowed visitors to study the city's early layout without handling the precious original document.
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