The Palazzo Zuckermann is a palace located on corso Garibaldi in

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, Italy. The building now houses the collections of the ''Museo di arti applicate e decorative'' (Museum of applied and decorative arts) on the first floor and the ''Museo Bottacin'' on the second floor; these collections form part of the

Civic Museum of Padua The Musei Civici di Padova or degli Eremitani is a complex of museums and historic sites, centered on the former convent of the Eremitani (Augustinian order), and its famous Cappella degli Scrovegni with its Giotto fresco masterpieces. The compl ...

. It stands across the street from the

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and the ''Museo agli Eremitani''; the latter houses the main art gallery of the civic Museum of Padua. The palace was commissioned by the wealthy industrialist Erico Zuckermann, and built by the architect Arosio in 1912–1914. In the 20th-century, the palace became used as the main post office building for Padua. The ''Museo di arti applicate e decorative'' contains craftworks dating from the medieval to late 19th-century. The Museo Bottacin displays the eclectic collections donated to the city by the businessman Nicola Bottacin in 1865. It contains both paintings and sculptures, including from

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, Felice Schiavoni,

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, Pietro Magni, and

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. The collection includes paintings and statuary, but is best known for its numismatic collections.City of Padua tourism site

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