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The home of Mario Praz (Rome 1896 - 1982), an Anglicist and
art critic, has been open to the public since June 1995. Displayed in a series
of rooms of markedly 19th-century stamp is the multifarious collection
assiduously put together by the scholar over a period of more than sixty years.
The ambience thus created offers a refined and highly personal interpretation
of the period, from Neoclassicism to Biedermaier. Furniture, paintings,
sculptures, etchings, water-colours, carpets, drawings, and miniatures, not to
mention fans, wax models, glass and semi-precious stones acquired on the
European antiques market, have been gathered together in this Roman house with
the intention of recreating the elegance and the taste of an era.
Palazzo Primoli
Via Zanardelli 1
00186 Rome
Italy
Telephone [+39] 06 686.1089
Fax [+39] 06 322.1579
http://www.gnam.arti.beniculturali.it/prazco.htm
Museum opening times: Tuesday to Sunday 9 A.M.-1 P.M. and 2.30-7 P.M.; Monday
2.30-7 P.M.. Museum guides accompany visitors on a tour of the house; groups
leave the entrance hall every 45 minutes. Booking required for groups of more
than 10
DEMHIST International Committee for Historic House Museums
Frick Museum, New York
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris
Museo Cerralbo, Madrid
Museo Mario Praz, Roma
Museo Giannettino Luxoro, Genova Nervi
Sir John Soane's Museum, London
The Casa del Podestà, Lonato
The Museum of Decorative Arts-Pietro Accorsi Foundation, Turin
The Carbone House, Lavagna
Conference in Genova, November 2000 (Acts available from DEMHIST)
Conference in Barcelona - July 2001 (Acts available from DEMHIST)
Conference in Amsterdam - October 2002 (Acts available from DEMHIST)
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