Founded in 1796 by Giacomo Carrara, the Accademia Carrara is considered the showpiece museum for Italian art collecting, since its collections are based entirely on bequests by enlightened patrons who wanted to make their works available to the general public. The layout includes 16 rooms of various sizes, which tell different stories. The first sequence [...]
The Accademia Carrara holds a rich heritage, with various types of works. Alongside the paintings and sculptures, which are the main focus of the exhibition, the collection includes an extensive assortment of drawings, prints, and valuable examples of decorative arts. The Museum’s ancient collections also include the historic library and archive. Paintings The most important [...]
Other collectors Engineer Mario Scaglia came from a family of industrialists who had initially manufactured buttons and spools before converting to precision mechanical engineering, and it was this technical aspect that fired Scaglia’s passion for medals and plaques – the small-scale works of art that are the fruit of great skill in the field of [...]