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Second venue of the Fondazione Burri in former tobacco-drying sheds: 128 large works by Alberto Burri, from the Cellotex cycles to the graphic works.
From March 12, 2024
Exhibition devoted to Alberto Burri's tempera works, with more than one hundred pieces, including small and medium-format paintings, drawings and graphic works, many rarely shown, that reveal his experimentation with colour.
The Ex Seccatoi del Tabacco stand on the outskirts of Città di Castello. They were built immediately after the war to dry tropical tobacco; in 1966, by then out of use, they housed the volumes of the Biblioteca Nazionale and of the Tribunale di Firenze damaged by the flood, awaiting restoration. The complex consists of eleven sheds.
At the end of the 1970s Alberto Burri obtained one of the sheds as a studio, because his works had reached monumental dimensions. Convinced that the entire structure could house his latest creations, he bought it and in the summer of 1990 opened the second venue of the Fondazione Burri. The conversion of the spaces to museum standards and the extension of the basement level are the work of the architect Tiziano Sarteanesi.
128 works are on display, including four large sculptures, one inside and three in the garden in front of the museum. The common feature of the paintings is Cellotex, an insulating wood-based composite that Burri used as a support from the beginning and which in the 1970s he left exposed, incising, scratching or painting it. The works are grouped in cycles, which can only be understood as a whole. Since 2015 remediation, restoration and extension of the buildings have been under way: the basement level houses all the graphic works and a documentary section, and a section for temporary exhibitions has also been opened.
| Adults | €15 |
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| Reduced | €12People over 65, groups of more than 15 people, holders of tickets from some partner museums and of membership cards (TCI, FAI, ACI and others) |
| Children & teens | €6free up to age 5 · Reduced student rate of €6 for young people aged 6 to 18; free admission up to age 5. |
| Seniors | €12Over 65. |
| Visitors with disabilities | freecompanion free · Free admission for people with disabilities and one companion. |
| Students & apprentices | €9Special reduced rate of €9 for university and academy students with a valid card, journalists without accreditation and military personnel; €6 for school groups from nursery school to upper secondary school. |
| Groups (16+ people) | €12 per personReduced rate for groups of more than 15 people; one free companion for every group of at least 15 people. Booking is compulsory. |
| Combined ticket Palazzo Albizzini + Ex Seccatoi del Tabacco (valid 7 days) | €24Reduced €18, special reduced €14, students €8. |
| Standard ticket for Palazzo Albizzini only | €12Reduced €9. |
| Scheduled group guided tour (in addition to the ticket) | €10At 11:00 and 15:00, in Italian, about 90 minutes, minimum 4 participants. |
The single ticket is valid for one day. Also free: ICOM members, law enforcement officers, licensed guides, one teacher per 10 pupils and accredited journalists (request at least three days in advance). The standard ticket entitles the holder to reduced admission to the other museums of Città di Castello and to the Aboca Museum in Sansepolcro within one week.
The exhibition spaces are fully accessible by wheelchair; the two floors are connected by a stairlift and, on request, a wheelchair is available. Guides in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) are available free of charge in printed form. The rooms contain tactile teaching models for visitors who are blind; with booking, participatory visits and inclusive workshops are organised with trained staff. The audio guide has “easy to read” and AAC content, and the rooms have descriptive panels with QR codes and texts also available as audio.
| Time needed | approx. 2 hrs |
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| Kids’ admission | free up to age 5 |
Participatory educational visits for nursery, primary and secondary schools (€60, plus the school ticket of €6) and inclusive projects for special educational needs.
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| Guided tours | yes · approx. 1.5 hrs |
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| Audio guide | yes (IT, EN) |
| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | The visit takes about two hours (excluding the screening schedule of the cinema rooms in the multimedia area). The free app “Collezione Burri” (iOS and Android) offers the audio guide in Italian and English; you need your own headphones. Guided tours are scheduled at 11:00 and 15:00 in Italian; by booking, visits in Italian or English are possible (€50 for up to 5 people, €100 for 6 to 25 people). Booking is compulsory for groups only (maximum 25–30 people, entries about every 20 minutes). |
