Villa Luxoro, Art museum in Nervi district, Genoa, Italy.
Villa Luxoro is an art museum in the Nervi district that functions as both a historic residence and exhibition space. The building combines Renaissance-style elements with eighteenth-century decoration, including a corner loggia and ornamental tiles that cover the interior walls.
Pietro Luxoro built the residence in 1903 as a private home and art collection for his family. After his death, the building passed to the Municipality of Genoa in 1945, which opened it to the public as a museum.
The museum keeps the rooms' original functions as arranged by Orlando Grosso, director of Genoa's Fine Arts Office, so visitors see the house as an 1890s art collector's home. Its name is pronounced "Lujoro", with the j as in French jardin. The collection includes a Nativity scene made between the 17th and 19th centuries, with figures by Pasquale Navone.
The museum reopened partially on 1 November 2024 after closing in summer 2016 for safety reasons; only the first three ground-floor rooms are currently accessible. It stands at Via Mafalda di Savoia 3, inside the municipal park of Nervi, reachable on foot through the park.
The museum holds about 2,500 to 3,000 works, including a Nativity scene collection datable between the 17th and 19th centuries with pieces by Pasquale Navone, and a clock collection with examples from Giuseppe Campani's workshop. The display was arranged by Orlando Grosso, who kept each room's original use.
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