Museum of the Risorgimento (Milan)
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Established | 1885 (since 1951 in the actual venue) |
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Location | Via Borgonuovo, 23 - 20121 Milan, Italy |
Director | Marina Messina |
Website | www |
The Museum of the Risorgimento (
Description
The museum was founded on a collection of documents on the
The museum is part of the Civic Historical Collections. Its collections include Baldassare Verazzi's Episode from the Five Days and Francesco Hayez's 1840 Portrait of Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria. The permanent exhibition is displayed to follow the chronological order of events of the Risorgimento, leading the visitor through fifteen rooms, to which the new Weapons Room has been recently added. The latest refurbishment in 1998 included the redesign of the permanent exhibitions, to accentuate the highlights of the collections, particularly the relics.
The museum boasts the green-and-silver velvet cloak and the valuable regal insignia of Napoleon Bonaparte’s coronation, the banner of the Legione Lombarda Cacciatori a Cavallo (Lombard Legion on Horseback) and the first Italian flag. The last renovation saw the redesign of the lighting and information systems, as well as improvements to the ‘Romantic Garden’ behind the building.[2]
The palace
The Moriggia Palace, which houses the museum, was designed in 1775 by Giuseppe Piermarini. It is located behind the vast area of Brera, and was the residence, in Napoleonic times, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and later, the Ministry of Defence. At the beginning of the 20th century, the palace passed to the De Marchi family and was then donated to the City of Milan by his wife of the famous naturalist Marco De Marchi.
Gallery
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Vittorio Emanuele Duca di Savoia, Gerolamo Induno, 1850.
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Vittorio Emanuele II on horse, Gerolamo Induno, 1861.
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Poncho and red shirt of Giuseppe Garibaldi.
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Uniforms of the garibaldines.
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Entry of Vittorio Emanuele II in Venice, Gerolamo Induno, 1866.
References
- ^ "Museo del Risorgimento di Milano". Archived from the original on 2010-03-04. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
- ^ "Home". Museodelrisorgimento.mi.it. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
External links
- Media related to Museo del Risorgimento (Milan) at Wikimedia Commons
- (in Italian) Museo del Risorgimento