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Museo ItaloAmericano, also known as the Italian American Museum, is a
museum
A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make thes ...
in
San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...
,
California
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, that focuses on
Italian-American
Italian Americans ( it, italoamericani or ''italo-americani'', ) are Americans who have full or partial Italian ancestry. The largest concentrations of Italian Americans are in the urban Northeast and industrial Midwestern metropolitan areas, ...
history, art and culture.
History
The
nonprofit museum was founded by Giuliana Nardelli Haight on August 17, 1978, above Caffe Malvina in
North Beach.
The first exhibition at the museum was paintings by Paolo Emilio Bergamaschi, alongside sculptures by
Beniamino Bufano, Elio Benvenuto, and
Peter Macchiarini.
The museum was briefly was located on 678 Green Street in North Beach in the 1970s, before it moved again in 1985, to the
Fort Mason
Fort Mason, in San Francisco, California originated as a coastal defense site during the American Civil War. The nucleus of the property was owned by John C. Frémont and disputes over compensation by the United States continued into 1968. In 188 ...
Center.
Although the museum always holds temporary exhibits, it also maintains a permanent collection, including works by Beniamino Bufano,
Francesco Clemente
Francesco Clemente (born 23 March 1952) is an Italian contemporary artist. He has lived at various times in Italy, India and New York City. Some of his work is influenced by the traditional art and culture of India. He has worked in various art ...
,
Sandro Chia
Sandro Chia (born 20 April 1946) is an Italian painter and sculptor. In the late 1970s and early 1980s he was, with Francesco Clemente, Enzo Cucchi, Nicola De Maria, and Mimmo Paladino, a principal member of the Italian Neo-Expressionist mov ...
,
Mimmo Paladino
Mimmo Paladino (born Paduli, 18 December 1948) is an Italian sculptor, painter and printmaker. He is a leading name in the Transvanguardia artistic movement and one of the many European artists to revive Expressionism in the 1980s.
Biography
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, among others.
The museum also offers a number of Italian language classes, from beginner to advanced to casual conversation classes.
See also
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San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...
References
External links
Official SiteArticle on Italian Jewish Show
Museums in San Francisco
Art museums and galleries in California
Ethnic museums in California
Museo Italoamericano
Italian-American museums
Art museums established in 1978
Museo Italoamericano
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