Artribune Maps Corporate Museums in Tuscany: Ten Sites from Ferragamo to Piaggio
Artribune has released a comprehensive overview of corporate museums located in Italy, beginning with ten establishments in Tuscany. This effort is part of a larger study conducted by the Museimpresa association, established in Milan in 2001 by Assolombarda and Confindustria, which is currently led by Antonio Calabrò and comprises over 130 members. The Tuscan museums featured are: Aboca Museum (Sansepolcro), Archivio Storico Nuovo Pignone (Florence), Museo della Carta di Pescia (Pietrabuona), Fapim Museum (Altopascio), Archivio Storico Farmigea (Pisa), Museo Salvatore Ferragamo (Florence), Archivio Museo Bitossi (Montelupo Fiorentino), Accademia del Caffè Espresso La Marzocco (Fiesole), Museo e Archivio Storico Piaggio (Pontedera), and Museo Unoaerre (Arezzo).
Key facts
- Artribune mapped ten corporate museums in Tuscany as part of a region-by-region survey.
- Museimpresa association, founded in Milan in 2001 by Assolombarda and Confindustria, has over 130 members.
- Antonio Calabrò is president of Museimpresa.
- Aboca Museum in Sansepolcro houses a Bibliotheca Antiqua with 2,500 rare volumes on medicinal plants.
- Archivio Storico Nuovo Pignone in Florence documents 180+ years of industrial history, now part of Baker Hughes since 2019.
- Museo della Carta di Pescia was founded in 1996 and relaunched the Enrico Magnani Pescia brand in 2018.
- Fapim Museum in Altopascio opened in 2014 for the company's 40th anniversary, with 600 sq m of exhibition space.
- Museo Salvatore Ferragamo in Florence became Italy's first 'green' museum with ISO 14064 certification in 2015.
- Archivio Museo Bitossi in Montelupo Fiorentino displays over 7,000 artifacts on 2,000 sq m.
- Museo Piaggio in Pontedera covers 5,000 sq m with over 350 vehicles and has hosted works by Dalí, Picasso, and Modigliani.
- Museo Unoaerre in Arezzo is Italy's first goldsmith art museum, with over 2,000 works.
- Accademia del Caffè Espresso La Marzocco in Fiesole opened in 2019 in a former factory from 1960.
Entities
Artists
- Salvador Dalí
- Pablo Picasso
- Amedeo Modigliani
- Alberto Burri
- Carlo Carrà
- Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo
- Giovanni Fattori
- Ardengo Soffici
- Lorenzo Viani
- Giò Pomodoro
- Emilio Greco
- Giacomo Manzù
- Pietro Cascella
- Massimo Lippi
- Tomoko Nakasu
- Dora Grieco
- Roberto Politi
Institutions
- Artribune
- Museimpresa
- Assolombarda
- Confindustria
- Aboca Museum
- Archivio Storico Nuovo Pignone
- SNIA
- ENI
- General Electric
- Baker Hughes
- Museo della Carta di Pescia
- Archivio Storico Magnani
- Enrico Magnani Pescia
- Fapim Museum
- Archivio Storico Farmigea
- Museo Salvatore Ferragamo
- Fondazione Vittoriano Bitossi
- Gruppo Colorobbia
- Archivio Museo Bitossi
- Accademia del Caffè Espresso La Marzocco
- Museo e Archivio Storico Piaggio
- Aprilia
- Gilera
- Moto Guzzi
- Museo Unoaerre
- Soprintendenza Archivistica per la Toscana
- Guggenheim Impresa & Cultura
Locations
- Tuscany
- Italy
- Milan
- Sansepolcro
- Palazzo Bourbon del Monte
- Sansepolcro (AR)
- Florence
- Firenze
- Pescia
- Pietrabuona
- Pescia (PT)
- Altopascio
- Altopascio, Località Spianate (LU)
- Pisa
- Fiesole
- Pian di San Bartolo
- Fiesole (FI)
- Pontedera
- Pontedera (PI)
- Arezzo
- Arezzo (AR)
- Montelupo Fiorentino
- Montelupo Fiorentino (FI)
- London
- Tokyo
- Los Angeles
- Mexico City