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The Museo Interdisciplinare Regionale (MuMe). or Regional Museum of Messina (Italian - ''Museo regionale interdisciplinare di Messina''), is an art museum located on the northern coast of the city of
Messina Messina ( , ; ; ; ) is a harbour city and the capital city, capital of the Italian Metropolitan City of Messina. It is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, and the 13th largest city in Italy, with a population of 216,918 inhabitants ...
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Sicily Sicily (Italian language, Italian and ), officially the Sicilian Region (), is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy, regions of Italy. With 4. ...
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. MuMe illustrates the development of art and culture in Messina from the 12th to the 18th centuries, with outstanding figures such as the renowned artists
Andrea della Robbia Andrea della Robbia (20 October 14354 August 1525) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor, especially in ceramics. Biography Born in Florence, Robbia was the son of Marco della Robbia, whose brother, Luca della Robbia, popularized the use of g ...
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Antonello da Messina Antonello da Messina (; 1425–1430February 1479), properly Antonello di Giovanni di Antonio, but also called Antonello degli Antoni and Anglicized as Anthony of Messina, was an Italian painter from Messina, active during the Italian Early Ren ...
, Girolamo Alibrandi, Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi), and
Polidoro da Caravaggio Polidoro Caldara, usually known as Polidoro da Caravaggio ( – 1543), was an Italians, Italian painter of the Mannerist period, "arguably the most gifted and certainly the least conventional of Raphael's pupils", who was best known for his now- ...
. 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 A devastating earthquake occurred on 28 December 1908 in Sicily and Calabria, southern Italy with a moment magnitude of 7.1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''). The epicentre was in the Strait of Messina which separates Sicily f ...
. Since 2017 it has been housed in a nearby complex designed in the 1970s.


Building

The building housing the museum was originally the Barbera-Mellinghoff spinning-mill, a late 19th-century construction chosen after the great earthquake of 1908 to be the site of the future museum, which was refurbished and finally opened in 1922. Over the years the building has been considerably restructured in order to guarantee the exhibits the best possible conditions for their preservation; the last major work was carried out in the 1980s. A new large complex of buildings near the present site was completed in 2010s.


Collections

The original collections came from the Museo Civico. After the earthquake in 1908 these were expanded by the addition of paintings, sculptures and precious decorative works from damaged or destroyed buildings, thus creating a collection of paintings and sculptures by internationally known and local artists, together with a variety of other objets d'art.


Exhibition

The museum was organized on historicistic principles: each area contains the most important works of the same period, regardless of their typological class. * Rooms 1-2 works of the Norman-Swabian period * Rooms 3-4 sculptures and paintings of the 15th and 16th century * Room 4 "Saint Gregory Polyptych" by Antonello da Messina * Rooms 5-8 Paintings, sculptures, funerary monuments and works of decorative art of the 16th century * Room 6 "Scylla" by G. A. Montorsoli * Rooms 9-11 17th-century art and culture * Room 10 Caravaggio works * Room 12 18th-century art and culture in Messina * Room 13 "The treasury" silversmithry, cribs, church ornaments, pottery


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 Archivio degli atti notarili, before being moved to former
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buildings, then (after its massive expansion from the collections of religious corporations suppressed by the 1866 liquidation laws) in 1884 to a building on via Peculio Frumentario and from 1891 to 1908 to the former monastery of San Gregorio.


Earthquake and recovery

The rebuilding plans were cut short by the 1908 earthquake, in which the museum collapsed and some artworks were lost.


Post-war restoration

In 1977 responsibility for the museum passed to the Regione Siciliana and it took on its present name. In 1984 it was rearranged chronologically.


Collections

The museum illustrates the course of figurative art in Messina from the 12th to 18th centuries, including paintings, sculptures and decorative art in chronological sequence. Their artists include
Antonello da Messina Antonello da Messina (; 1425–1430February 1479), properly Antonello di Giovanni di Antonio, but also called Antonello degli Antoni and Anglicized as Anthony of Messina, was an Italian painter from Messina, active during the Italian Early Ren ...
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Mattia Preti Mattia Preti (24 February 1613 – 3 January 1699) was an Italian Baroque artist who worked in Italy and Malta. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Saint John. Life Born in the small town of Taverna in Calabria, Preti was called ''Il Ca ...
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Caravaggio Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (also Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi da Caravaggio; 29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610), known mononymously as Caravaggio, was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life. During the fina ...
, Girolamo Alibrandi,
Vincenzo Catena Vincenzo Catena (c. 1480–1531) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance Venetian school. He is also known as Vincenzo de Biagio. Life Nothing is known of the date and place of Catena's birth. The earliest known record of him is in an inscr ...
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Annibale Carracci Annibale Carracci ( , , ; November 3, 1560 – July 15, 1609) was an Italian painter and instructor, active in Bologna and later in Rome. Along with his brother Agostino Carracci, Agostino and cousin Ludovico Carracci, Ludovico (with whom the Ca ...
and
Francesco Laurana Francesco Laurana, also known as Francesco de la Vrana (; c. 1430 – before 12 March 1502) was a Dalmatian sculptor and medallist. He is considered both a Croatian and an Italian sculptor. Though born in the territory of the Republic of Venic ...
. From the precious cathedral treasury come the 'flowering branch' in gold, enamel, pearls and emeralds from a late 17th century goldsmith in the city, though only the early 14th and 17th century Sicilian jewels from the two crowns of the sacred images are displayed.


Marble work


Paintings

Caravaggio Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (also Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi da Caravaggio; 29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610), known mononymously as Caravaggio, was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life. During the fina ...
* '' Adoration of the Shepherds'' * ''
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Antonello da Messina Antonello da Messina (; 1425–1430February 1479), properly Antonello di Giovanni di Antonio, but also called Antonello degli Antoni and Anglicized as Anthony of Messina, was an Italian painter from Messina, active during the Italian Early Ren ...
* San Gregorio Altarpiece * '' Madonna and Child with a Franciscan''
Colijn de Coter Colijn de Coter (c. 1440–1445 – c. 1522–1532) was an early Netherlandish painter who produced mainly altarpieces. He worked primarily in Brussels and Antwerp. His name was sometimes given as ''Colijn van Brusele'' (Colijn of Brussels), in ...
* Deposition
Mattia Preti Mattia Preti (24 February 1613 – 3 January 1699) was an Italian Baroque artist who worked in Italy and Malta. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Saint John. Life Born in the small town of Taverna in Calabria, Preti was called ''Il Ca ...
* Madonna of the Letter
Mario Minniti Mario Minniti (8 December 1577 – 22 November 1640) was an Italian Baroque painter active in Sicily after 1606. Born in Syracuse, Sicily, he arrived in Rome in 1593, where he became the friend, collaborator, and model of the key Baroque paint ...
* The Widow of Nain * Beheading of St John the Baptist * Circumcision of Christ * Madonna of the Rosary Antonello de Saliba * Madonna with Jasmine * St Dominica * St Catherine of Alexandria Girolamo Alibrandi * Last Judgement
Alessandro Allori Alessandro di Cristofano di Lorenzo del Bronzino Allori (Florence, 31 May 153522 September 1607) was an Italian painter of the late Mannerist Florentine school. Biography After the death of his father in 1541, Allori was brought up and trained ...
* Madonna dell'Itria (Our Lady of the Way) Letterio Subba The Goddess Calypso Welcoming Telemachus Cupid and Psyche Orion, Founder of Messina The Nymphs Lapizia and Fetusa Receiving the First Hare Killed by Orion Foundation of the Compagnia dei verdi L'Addolorata Mary Magdalene at Christ's Feet Nativity of the Virgin Embassy of the citizens of Messina to the Virgin Mary Matthias Stomer Mucius Scaevola in the Presence of Lars Porsena Adoration of the Shepherds File:Museo regionale di messina, girolamo alibrandi, giudizio universale.JPG, Girolamo Alibrandi, Last Judgement File:Mario Minniti Miracolo della vedova di Naim Messina Museo regionale.jpg,
Mario Minniti Mario Minniti (8 December 1577 – 22 November 1640) was an Italian Baroque painter active in Sicily after 1606. Born in Syracuse, Sicily, he arrived in Rome in 1593, where he became the friend, collaborator, and model of the key Baroque paint ...
- The Widow of Nain File:Museo regionale di messina, caravaggio, resurrezione di lazzaro.JPG,
Caravaggio Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (also Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi da Caravaggio; 29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610), known mononymously as Caravaggio, was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life. During the fina ...
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Raising of Lazarus Lazarus of Bethany is a figure of the New Testament whose life is restored by Jesus four days after his death, as told in the Gospel of John. The resurrection is considered one of the miracles of Jesus. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, Lazarus ...
File:Caravaggio - Adorazione dei pastori.jpg,
Caravaggio Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (also Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi da Caravaggio; 29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610), known mononymously as Caravaggio, was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life. During the fina ...
, Adoration of the Shepherds File:Museo regionale di messina, antonello da messina, polittico di san gregorio 01.JPG,
Antonello da Messina Antonello da Messina (; 1425–1430February 1479), properly Antonello di Giovanni di Antonio, but also called Antonello degli Antoni and Anglicized as Anthony of Messina, was an Italian painter from Messina, active during the Italian Early Ren ...
, San Gregorio Altarpiece File:Museo regionale di messina, antonello da messina, madonna col bambino e cristo in pietà 01.JPG,
Antonello da messina Antonello da Messina (; 1425–1430February 1479), properly Antonello di Giovanni di Antonio, but also called Antonello degli Antoni and Anglicized as Anthony of Messina, was an Italian painter from Messina, active during the Italian Early Ren ...
, Madonna and Child with a Franciscan File:Mattia Preti Madonna della lettera Messina Museo Regionale.jpg,
Mattia Preti Mattia Preti (24 February 1613 – 3 January 1699) was an Italian Baroque artist who worked in Italy and Malta. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Saint John. Life Born in the small town of Taverna in Calabria, Preti was called ''Il Ca ...
, Madonna of the Letter


Sculptures

Antonello Gagini Antonello Gagini (1478–1536) was an Italian sculptor of the Renaissance, mainly active in Sicily and Calabria. Antonello belonged to a family of sculptors and artisans, originally from Northern Italy, but active throughout Italy, including Gen ...
* Aedicula * Madonna and Child * Madonna of the Angels
Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli (1507 – 31 August 1563), also known as Giovann'Agnolo Montorsoli, was a Florentine sculptor and Servite friar. He is today as often remembered for his restorations of famous classical works as his original crea ...
* Holy Trinity * Fontana del Nettuno (original)
Francesco Laurana Francesco Laurana, also known as Francesco de la Vrana (; c. 1430 – before 12 March 1502) was a Dalmatian sculptor and medallist. He is considered both a Croatian and an Italian sculptor. Though born in the territory of the Republic of Venic ...
* Madonna and Child
Goro di Gregorio Goro may refer to: Places Benin * Goro, Benin, an arrondissement in the Commune of Tchaourou, Borgou Ethiopia * Ejersa Goro, a town in Misraq Hararghe Zone, Oromia * Goro, Bale, a town in Bale Zone, Oromia * Goro, Mirab Shewa, a town in ...
* Madonna degli Storpi (Madonna of the Cripples) Rinaldo Bonanno * Marchesi-Barresi funerary monument Antonello Freri * Balsamo monument Martino Montanini Victory or Peace and Bravery File:Museo regionale di messina, lapidario, annunciazione.JPG, Annunciation File:Museo regionale di messina, lapidario, 04.JPG File:Museo ME 2018 01 31 17.jpg, Madonna and Child,
Francesco Laurana Francesco Laurana, also known as Francesco de la Vrana (; c. 1430 – before 12 March 1502) was a Dalmatian sculptor and medallist. He is considered both a Croatian and an Italian sculptor. Though born in the territory of the Republic of Venic ...
File:Museo ME 2018 01 31 21.jpg, Madonna and Child,
Antonello Gagini Antonello Gagini (1478–1536) was an Italian sculptor of the Renaissance, mainly active in Sicily and Calabria. Antonello belonged to a family of sculptors and artisans, originally from Northern Italy, but active throughout Italy, including Gen ...
File:Museo ME 2018 01 31 12.jpg, Madonna degli storpi,
Goro di Gregorio Goro may refer to: Places Benin * Goro, Benin, an arrondissement in the Commune of Tchaourou, Borgou Ethiopia * Ejersa Goro, a town in Misraq Hararghe Zone, Oromia * Goro, Bale, a town in Bale Zone, Oromia * Goro, Mirab Shewa, a town in ...
File:Museo ME 2018 01 31 33.jpg, ''Faith'' File:Museo ME 2018 01 31 35.jpg, ''Hope'' File:Museo regionale di messina, anonimo del XII-XIII sec., leone stiloforo.JPG, Stylophorus Lion File:Museo regionale di messina, leggio a forma di pellicano, di scuola renana, xvi sec. 03.JPG, Pelican lectern, 16th century File:Museo ME 2018 01 31 25.jpg, Marchesi-Barresi funerary monument, Rinaldo Bonanno File:Museo ME 2018 01 31 42.jpg File:Museo ME 2018 01 31 10.jpg, Sarcophagus of Luca I Archimandrita, 1175 File:Museo ME 2018 01 31 41.jpg File:Museo ME 2018 01 31 31.jpg, Holy Trinity, Montorsoli File:Museo ME 2018 01 31 24.jpg, Balsamo monument File:Museo ME 2018 01 31 46.jpg, Francesca Lanza Cybo funerary monument File:Museo ME 2018 01 31 11.jpg, Praying Virgin


See also

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References


External links

* {{Commons, Museo regionale (Messina) Museums in Sicily