Casa Museo dell'Antiquariato Ivan Bruschi

About the museum

Ivan Bruschi, born in 1920 at Castiglion Fibocchi into a family of antique furniture dealers, was an antiques dealer first in Florence and then in Arezzo, where he was among the promoters of the Fiera Antiquaria, founded in 1968. From 1960 he lived with his sister Dina in the Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo, in the centre of the town, which had been damaged by a bombing in 1943 and then restored: besides serving as his home and the seat of his personal collection, it was a place of cultural and social gatherings.

Bruschi died in 1996 and by will provided for the creation of a foundation to continue his work and open the palace as a house museum. The holdings were arranged and catalogued by experts of the Scuola Normale di Pisa, who also curated the museum display. The building, one of the most representative of the city in the Late Middle Ages, overlooks the Romanesque pieve (parish church) of Santa Maria, not far from the Logge del Vasari.

The collection, formed from the 1960s onwards through the purchase of collections and objects from the antiques market, numbers about 8,000 pieces. The route runs through sixteen rooms on three floors, with the Venere d'Arezzo, Egyptian, Etruscan, pre-Columbian and Roman finds, paintings and drawings, furniture from the 15th to the 19th century, sculptures, armour, textiles, liturgical objects, jewellery, coins and small bronzes. The house museum is also a cultural space that hosts temporary exhibitions, workshops, lectures and concerts.

Highlights

• Venere d'Arezzo, prehistoric sculpture
• Egyptian, Etruscan, pre-Columbian and Roman finds
• Paintings, drawings and furniture from the 15th to the 19th century
• Armour, textiles, liturgical objects and jewellery
• Sixteen rooms on three floors in the Palazzo del Capitano

Permanent exhibition

• Percorso espositivo della casa museo – Sixteen rooms on three floors with the archaeological collections, paintings, furniture, armour, textiles and art objects gathered by Ivan Bruschi.

Founded

2002

Operated by

Fondazione Ivan Bruschi

Visitors per year

approx. 10,000

Admission & discounts

Free admission: Every first Sunday of the month.

Free admission also for employees of the Gruppo Intesa Sanpaolo, teachers accompanying classes, tourist guides and accredited journalists.

Accessibility

• Partially wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

Accessibility for people with mobility impairments is limited to the museum's ground floor.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

The foundation offers a free educational programme for schools, families and associations, and afternoon workshops for young people.

Getting there & parking

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Amenities & dining

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