Museo del Novecento e del Contemporaneo di Palazzo Fabroni

About the museum

The Museo del Novecento e del Contemporaneo di Palazzo Fabroni is housed in the palace named after the noble Pistoia family of the Fabroni, who lived there until 1842. The building stands in via Sant’Andrea, opposite the Romanesque pieve (parish church) of Sant’Andrea with the famous pulpit by Giovanni Pisano. Since 1990 it has housed the modern and contemporary art collections of the Comune di Pistoia, and since 2009 the museum has been a member of the Associazione dei Musei d’Arte Contemporanea Italiani.

The permanent collection grew out of the original civic holdings, acquisitions and donations, and presents a chronological route and thematic groups of works from the art scene of the 1920s to the present day. On the ground floor is the section devoted to the art of Pistoia in the 20th century, from the second half of the 1920s to the late 1960s, alongside the reception areas and a video installation on the history of the building.

On the first floor, around the large double-height hall decorated with Claudio Parmiggiani’s Scultura d’ombra, the route continues with rooms devoted to individual artists from Pistoia – Mario Nigro, Fernando Melani, Gualtiero Nativi and Agenore Fabbri – and with rooms displaying works donated to the Comune by the many artists who have taken part in events in Pistoia since 1990. The second floor is reserved for temporary exhibitions. At the back, beyond the wide loggia, the garden was redesigned between 2019 and 2021 as a contemporary “giardino d’autore” (artist-designed garden) and enriched by the sound art work SOUND LIFE.

Highlights

• Scultura d’ombra by Claudio Parmiggiani in the central hall
• Rooms devoted to Mario Nigro, Fernando Melani, Gualtiero Nativi and Agenore Fabbri
• Section on 20th-century art in Pistoia
• Works donated by artists who have taken part in events in Pistoia since 1990
• Artist-designed garden with the sound art work SOUND LIFE

Founded

1990

Operated by

Comune di Pistoia – Musei Civici

Visitors per year

approx. 4,353

Admission & discounts

Free admission: First Sunday of the month, Settimana della Cultura (Culture Week), Giornate Europee del Patrimonio (European Heritage Days), International Museum Day, 25 July (San Jacopo), 24 August (San Bartolomeo), Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays from the last weekend of November to Epiphany, 25 April, 2 June and 4 November

Free admission also for teachers with an EdumuseiCard, tourist guides and group escorts, ICOM members and journalists with a press card. The combined tickets also cover the Museo dello Spedale del Ceppo and the Museo del Novecento e del Contemporaneo di Palazzo Fabroni.

Accessibility

• 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

The museum is accessible; admission is free for the person with a disability and for their companion.

Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

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Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

The bookshop follows the opening hours of the museum.

Events & venue rental

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