Museum of Rome in Trastevere (Museo di
Roma in Trastevere)
The museum
is housed in the building that was the seat of the Convent
of the barefooted Carmelites from 1610 until after the Unity
of Italy In 1875 it become the property of the City of
Rome; in 1918 the a sanatorium for children was
set up in the building and it was named after Ettore
Marchiafava who was an expert in the treatment of the
malaria; in 1970 it underwent restoration work and was used
as the Museum of Roman Folklore and Poets, as a
detached branch of the Museo di Roma.
The
building thus housed the exhibits relating to Roman
life and popular culture between the eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries.
The works on
display came from the Museo di Palazzo Braschi and
the Gabinetto Comunale delle Stampe.
Recently the
building was again renovated and was provided with an
exhibition space for temporary displays, a conference room
and music room, and during the summer concerts and
dance shows are held in the cloister.
The
historical nucleus of the collection of the museum is
composed of
so-called
Roman Scenes, reconstructions of popular life in
the nineteenth-century realized with mannequins in period
costume and inspired by the works of Bartolomeo Pinelli
(1781-1835): the scenes represent a pharmacy a wine cart, a
saltarello a tavern, a public clerk and pipers.
The Museum
also houses an important collection of water colors by
painter Ettore Roesler Franz belonging to the collection
entitled "Roma sparita" which has been the property of
the City of Rome since 1883: the paintings represent
views of Rome referring to the areas of
Piazza Venezia,
the Ghetto, Borgo,
Trastevere,
Monti
and the banks of the Tiber which are portrayed without the
signs of the development and profound urban unrest that was
going on during those very years.
The Museum
also has a rich collection of paintings, prints, and water
colors by Ippolito Caffi, Vincenzo Morani, Salomon Corrodi,
Adolphe Roger and Teodor Aerni: the paintings represent
scenes associated with popular festivals such as Carnival,
the celebration of religious festivities such as Saints
Peter and Paul Day, the patron saints of the
city, and harvest celebrations. Moreover a section dedicated
to dialect poet Trilussa (1871-1950) is being prepared and
will be realized with paintings, furnishings, drawings,
documents and photographs from his study
Information and Addresses
Address
Piazza di S. Egidio, lib
Visiting
Hours Every day from 10.00 am to 8.00 pm; Dec. 24 and 31
from 10.00 am to 2.00 pm
Closed
Monday, Dec. 25, Jan. 1, May 1 Telephone 06 82059127; Fax 06
5884165 Price € 3,00; concessions € 1,5°
For
Tours information
– private guided tours – special entrances, no waiting in
line - VIP services
www.tourinrome.com
www.vaticanmuseuminformation.com
www.vaticanmuseumticket.com
