Giorgio De Chirico House
The Giorgio de Chirico House Museum (''Casa Museo di Giorgio de Chirico'') is a house museum in the 16th century Palazzetto del Borgognoni at Spanish Steps, Piazza di Spagna 31 in Rome. The house was acquired by Giorgio de Chirico in 1948. It was left to the state by his widow and opened as a museum in 1998. Only open by appointment, it is closed on Mondays and Sundays. The nearest Metro stop is Spagna (Rome Metro), Spagna. Exhibits It houses several works belonging to the Giorgio e Isa De Chirico Foundation, including: *''Interno metafisico con nudo anatomico'', 1968 *''Il meditatore'', 1971 *''Sole su cavalletto'', 1972 *''Due cavalli in riva al mare'', 1964 *''Autoritratto di De Chirico'', 1953 *''Donna in riposo'', 1936 *''Naiadi al bagno'', 1955 *''Riposo del Gladiatore'', 1968 *''Orfeo trovatore stanco'', 1970 *''Ritratto di Isa con testa di Minerva'', 1944 *''Bagnanti'', 1945 *''Frutta con busto di Apollo'', 1973 *''Interno metafisico con biscotti'', 1968 *''Il rimorso di ...
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House Museum
A historic house museum is a house of historic significance that has been transformed into a museum. Historic furnishings may be displayed in a way that reflects their original placement and usage in a home. Historic house museums are held to a variety of standards, including those of the International Council of Museums. Houses are transformed into museums for a number of different reasons. For example, the homes of famous writers are frequently turned into writer's home museums to support literary tourism. About Historic house museums are sometimes known as a "memory museum", which is a term used to suggest that the museum contains a collection of the traces of memory of the people who once lived there. It is often made up of the inhabitants' belongings and objects – this approach is mostly concerned with Provenance, authenticity. Some museums are organised around the person who lived there or the social role the house had. Other historic house museums may be partially or com ...
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