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Pietro Canonica Museum

Museo Pietro Canonica
Museo Pietro Canonica
Museo Pietro Canonica
Museo Pietro Canonica
Museo Pietro Canonica
Museo Pietro Canonica
Museo Pietro Canonica

You can feel a turn-of-the-century atmosphere in this small but precious gallery in the heart of Villa Borghese dedicated to the artist Pietro Canonica (1869-1959).

An internationally renowned sculptor, music lover, and composer, Canonica trained in Turin at the end of the 19th century and then spent a long time at the courts of Europe where the aristocracy commissioned him with portraits and commemorative monuments.

Already famous, he moved to Rome in 1922, and in 1927 he was able to obtain a concession from the Municipality to use the building as his home studio. In exchange, the artist undertook to donate, after his death, all the works he had collected there over the years so that it could become a museum named after him. From this originates the uniqueness of this museum space, which gives us back the image of this artist in his human and professional being.

The gallery offers different perspectives: the private apartment on the second floor, rich in precious 19th century Piedmont furniture and paintings that tell us his memories and personal affections; the atelier on the ground floor, which testifies to the technical expertise of the artist.

In the exhibition rooms, you can admire a large part of his works: from little busts to large equestrian statues, sculptures, sketches, models, casts, in a collection that, besides being a journey into the late 19th century and the first half of the 20th-century history, is also a didactic journey through the phases and processes of the art of sculpture.

The Museum is located in the Fortezzuola (little Fortress) and was called "Pollaio" in the documents of the 17th century. The building was used to raise ostriches, peacocks, and ducks. The current name derives from the characteristic medieval palisade tower, dating back to the late 18th century.

The Pietro Canonica Museum hosts cultural events, exhibitions, conferences, conventions, concerts, book and magazine presentations.

The library, of about 2200 volumes, is composed partly of the artist's private collection and partly of recently acquired publications and is specialized in sculpture and figurative arts of the 19th and 20th centuries. An extensive photographic archive is also available.

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Information

Address 
POINT (12.486934 41.914872)
Timetables 

Tuesday to Friday 10.00 - 16.00
Saturday and Sunday 10.00 - 19.00
Last admission 30 minutes before closing
(one hour in advance when the visit includes also the private flat on the first floor and the gallery in the Villa Borghese statue storage area)

Closed
Monday, 1 May and 25 December

For updates and guidelines please check the >official website

Accessibility
The museum is partially accessible to disabled people
For further information please consult the page Disabled people Access
The use of strollers is not allowed on the first floor

ALWAYS CHECK the NOTICE PAGE before planning your visit in the museum

Contacts 
Email: 
info@museocanonica.it ed eventi.aziendali@zetema.it per eventi aziendali privati
Facebook: 
www.facebook.com/pages/Museo-Pietro-Canonica/74347860558
Instagram: 
www.instagram.com/museiincomuneroma
Telephone: 
060608 tutti i giorni dalle 9.00 alle 19.00
Telephone booking: 
Per gruppi e scuole 060608 (tutti i giorni dalle 9.00 alle 19.00)
Twitter: 
www.twitter.com/museiincomune
Web site: 
www.museocanonica.it
Services 
Laboratori didattici
Visite didattiche
Visite didattiche per le scuole
Visite guidate in lingua
Accessibility: services available 
Type of accessibility 
Accessible service
Type of accessibility 
Partially accessible service
Ingresso a livello e presenza di scale
Street level entrance and presence of stairs
Entrada a nivel y presencia de escaleras
Type of accessibility 
Partially accessible service
Non sufficientemente adeguati
Not sufficiently adequate
Insuficientemente adecuados
Type of accessibility 
Partially accessible service
Parzialmente
Partially
Parcialmente accesible
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Location

Museo Pietro Canonica, Viale Pietro Canonica, 2
Viale Pietro Canonica, 2
41° 54' 53.5392" N, 12° 29' 12.9624" E

 

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