Interdisciplinary Regional Museum Of Messina
The Interdisciplinary Regional Museum of Messina (Italian - ''Museo regionale interdisciplinare di Messina'') is a museum of painting, sculpture and archaeology in the city of Messina. Until 2017 it was housed in the former ''Barbera-Mellinghoff'' silk-mill, a late 19th century building chosen for it after the 1908 Messina earthquake. Since 2017 it has been housed in a nearby complex designed in the 1970s. History Origins The first nucleus for the museum's collection came with various private collections of conservative taste. First opened in 1806 as the Museo civico peloritano by the Reale Accademia Peloritana "to end the despoliation of art", its formation was the idea of its first director Carmelo La Farina. It housed the Alojsio, Arenaprimo, Ciancialo, Grosso-Cacopardo and Carmisino family collections as well as a collection of 14th to 18th century paintings owned by the city's senate, which also part-funded its running costs. It was initially based on via Rovere, near the ...
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Museo Regionale Di Messina, 00 Ingresso
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