Civic Museum Sartorio

Trieste

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GENERAL INFORMATION

Address

largo Papa Giovanni XXIII, 1 34123 Trieste (Trieste)

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The Sartorio Museum is an example of a "house museum" set in an elegant bourgeois villa built in the 18th century and expanded in the neoclassical era, located a short distance from the sea and surrounded by a garden. The Museum was opened to the public in March 1954 and, over the years, alongside the original collection, it has become a treasure trove to host other collections, owned or on deposit at the Civic Museums of History and Art – Rusconi-Opuich, Costantinides, Piperata, Gipsoteca-Gliptoteca, Masterpieces of Istria – which expand its exhibition offerings. In 2006, it was reopened to the public following its complete restoration. Inside the Sartorio Museum, the furnishings, artworks, and everyday objects are part of an exhibition path that unfolds over three floors: in the interconnected salons, the Empire and Biedermeier styles coexist, up to the historical revival, neo-Gothic, and neo-Rococo. The Museum is surrounded by a small English-style park. The statues that adorn it were transferred there in 1994 from Villa Carolina in Montebello, which belonged to the Sartorio family, and once decorated the Gradenigo villa on the Terraglio in Veneto. The "Silvio Rutteri" gipsoteca-gliptoteca is currently closed to the public and can only be visited by appointment, as well as the "Laura Ruaro Loseri" Gallery, located in the former stables with paintings from the collections of the Civic Museums of History and Art (during special openings). From the Gipsoteca room, access to the Basement is available via an elevator, where there are: a representative collection of Italian ceramics from the Middle Ages to the 19th century, structural elements related to a Roman coastal domus or villa dating back to the 1st century AD, particularly a mosaic floor made of white limestone tiles, and a collection of jewelry, bijoux, holy water fonts, ceramics, glass, and silver from the 19th and 20th centuries donated by Fulvia Costantinides. The Basement is currently not accessible to the public. The above situation is linked to the current staffing levels, which do not allow for the supervised opening of the aforementioned rooms. The structure does not have an area or room dedicated to a Bookshop and Cloakroom as it is awaiting evaluation of the application for related funding from the appropriate authority.

LAST INSPECTION DATE

06/02/2024