The Foundation, established in 1996 by the testamentary will of the antiquarian Ivan Bruschi, now administered by Intesa Sanpaolo, is located in the ancient Zecca palace, one of the most important civil buildings in the city as evidenced by the numerous coats of arms on the facade. It is located in front of the Romanesque Pieve di Santa Maria and not far from the Vasari Loggias which, overlooking Piazza Grande, provide the backdrop for the Antiques Fair that Ivan Bruschi conceived on June 2, 1968, near the Basilica of San Francesco with the famous fresco cycle The Legend of the True Cross painted by Piero della Francesca.

The exhibition path, open to the public in 2002, includes sixteen rooms spread over three floors with an exhibition, curated by the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, which has rearranged, after a thorough four-year inventory, the extraordinary variety of works and artifacts that reveal the multiple collecting interests of the antiquarian from Arezzo. The walls are enriched with engravings, drawings, and paintings by Bicci di Lorenzo, Neri di Bicci, the master of Stratonice, Sassoferrato, Luca Giordano, Pietro Benvenuti, and also works from the circles of Tintoretto and Guido Reni, some of which are owned by Intesa Sanpaolo on loan to the Foundation.

Archaeological finds from prehistory to classical antiquity (notable are the collection of bronzes and votive terracottas, an elegant Tanagra, and the important collection of inscriptions and decorative fragments); sculptures from the Robbia workshop, ivories from the Embriachi, sacred furnishings, weapons, jewelry, glassware, ceramics, scientific instruments: all set up with the intention of evoking the suggestions that are usually perceived in the 'houses of life'.