Museo Carlo Bilotti - Aranciera di Villa Borghese
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Opening times
October to May
From Tuesday to Friday 10.00-16.00
Saturday and Sunday 10.00-19.00
24 and 31 December 10.00-14.00
1 January 2024 timetable to be defined
Last admission half an hour before closing time
June to September
From Tuesday to Friday 13.00-19.00
Saturday and Sunday 10.00-19.00
Last admission half an hour before closing time
Closed
Monday, 1 May and 25 December
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People with disabilities
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Free entrance
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> Disabled people Access - services available:
- accessible entrance
- pedestrian path partially accessible to two-wheeled chairs
- accessible toilet
- services for blind or partially sighted persons
- services for hearing-impaired
- services for children
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Description
In its richly decorated and furnished rooms the Borghese princes held parties and social events. Following serious damage to the building by French bombardment in 1849 during its defence of the papacy against the Roman Republic, the building was rebuilt and adapted to be a store for citrus fruit, thereby losing all its magnificent decorations.
After decades of decline and an improper use of it as offices, the Orangery once again was turned into a place for recreation and culture following intensive restoration to make it a museum to contain the paintings, sculptures and drawings belonging to Carlo Bilotti, an Italian-American businessman and famous art collector.
The donation of his collection – twenty-two works – is largely made up of paintings and sculptures by Giorgio de Chirico produced between the early 1920s and 1970s. Then there is the Portrait of Carlo Bilotti by Larry Rivers, the Portrait of Tina and Lisa Bilotti made in 1981 by Andy Warhol, Summer by Gino Severini, and the large bronze Cardinal by Giacomo Manzù.
Additional spaces for temporary exhibitions have been created to allow the museum to keep up with developments in contemporary art. The creation of the Museo Bilotti is an exemplary cooperation between the public and private sectors. The new cultural institution is an additional element in the development of Villa Borghese as a Museum Park, a centre where art and culture meet.
Corporate Events: eventi.aziendali@zetema.it
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