Museo degli artisti viggiutesi del '900
Anthology of twentieth-century sculpture from Viggiù in the Parco Butti, with plaster models by Giacomo Buzzi Reschini and works by other sculptors from Viggiù.
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About the museum
The museum presents an anthology of twentieth-century sculpture from Viggiù. The building that houses it, in the Parco Butti, was built in the 1960s at the request of the widow of the sculptor Giacomo Buzzi Reschini and, after careful restoration, reopened to the public in autumn 2006. It is part of the Musei Civici Viggiutesi network, together with the Museo Enrico Butti, the Museo della scultura viggiutese dell’Ottocento and the Museo dei Picasass.
The collection includes numerous plaster models by Buzzi Reschini, among them “Misticismo” (Mysticism) and “L’immacolata” (The Immaculate Conception), and works by other sculptors born or trained in Viggiù: Vincenzo Cattò, Gottardo Freschetti, Ettore Cedraschi, Luigi Bottinelli, Luigi Buzzi Leone and Nando Conti. Among the exhibited pieces are “Estasi” and “La preghiera” by Conti, “Gesù sul Monte Tabor” (Jesus on Mount Tabor) by Cedraschi, “La madre” by Bottinelli, “Maternità” by Freschetti, and a sketch for the competition for the fifth door of Milan Cathedral.
The artists are also presented with biographies that recall their training at the Scuola d’Arte Industriale of Viggiù and their later careers in Italy and abroad.
Highlights
- Plaster models by Giacomo Buzzi Reschini, including “Misticismo” and “L’immacolata”
- Works by Cattò, Freschetti, Cedraschi, Bottinelli, Buzzi Leone and Conti
- Sketch for the competition for the fifth door of Milan Cathedral
- Based in the Parco Butti, part of the Musei Civici Viggiutesi
Permanent exhibition
- Antologia della scultura viggiutese del Novecento – Plaster models by Giacomo Buzzi Reschini and works by other twentieth-century sculptors from Viggiù.
- Operated by
- Comune di Viggiù (Musei Civici Viggiutesi)
- Visitors per year
- approx. 1,000
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Getting there & parking
The museum is in the Parco Butti, at Viale Varese 4 in Viggiù.
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | For visits outside opening hours, or for the other museums of the group (the Ottocento museum and the Picasass museum, by appointment only), contact the Museo Butti, tel. +39 0332 486 510, or use the booking form on the website. |
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