Nel 2019 si celebra la ricorrenza del Seicentenario dell’Istituto degli Innocenti, una delle più antiche istituzioni pubbliche italiane deputate alla tutela dell’infanzia. In programma un ricco cartellone di eventi, iniziative, mostre e convegni.
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21 febbraio – 19 maggio 2019
Mater mette in rilievo due elementi centrali nelle opere di Venturino Venturi: l’appartenenza alla sua terra e la natura universale e archetipica delle sue opere, in connessione profonda con l’istituzione che le ospita.
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The Museum offers families the chance of a more engaging visit to the Institute with a free Family Kit. The bags made by the Innocenti Institute’s Pro-Fili workshop contain maps, games and cards that together with the digital applications specially designed for children provide a new tool for the visit.
An extraordinary art collection in a building designed by Filippo Brunelleschi has given life to a museum tour that recounts centuries of the Institute’s commitment to the care of abandoned children and the protection of children’s rights.
However, it is more than just a museum, also featuring workshops, exhibitions, training, a specialist bookshop and a cafeteria in 15th century Verone covered terrace.
Guided tour to discover the Museum every Saturday, Sunday and holidays
11.00 am and 5.00 pm
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The visit itinerary moves through the history and evolution of the Institute that has been protecting and promoting the rights of children and adolescents for over 600 years. From the 'ferreted window' still visible today in the arcade, where the children were welcomed in the Institute, the itinerary winds along the three floors of the building. The visit ends on the fifteenth-century terrace of Verone, with 360 degree views of Florence .
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The proposed path aims to illustrate the history of the Institute to contextualise the particularity of the institution and present the marvelous works of art it contains.
From the basement where the history and evolution of the Istituto degli Innocenti will be presented through the biographical notes of the nocentini - in this way the hosted children were named, we continue on the ground floor where we will know the evolution of the Institute from the architectural point of view (focus on Brunelleschi) demonstrating the attention in adapting the spaces based on the changed needs in the reception of children. On the second floor you will appreciate the wonderful works of art by Domenico Ghirlandaio, Piero di Cosimo, Neri di Bicci, Andrea della Robbia, Sandro Botticelli. The visit includes a passage to the lagoon with an extraordinary view of the historic center of Florence, the hills (San Miniato, Fiesole).
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