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The Museum was created to protect and enhance the birthplace of Giuseppe Giusti, built between 1791 and 1793 by the will of the poet's paternal grandfather, a politically influential figure in the Lorraine government. The House, still remembered in local guides in the early twentieth century as a place of memory of the Giusti, was purchased by the State in the seventies and inaugurated as a museum in October 1992, after demanding restoration works. The visit to the Museum allows you to relive, through the ornaments, the ideal landscapes, the allegorical scenes of the interior decorations, the sense of the path of the home of a wealthy family from Pistoia, in the romantic atmosphere of the early decades of the nineteenth century. It contributes to the furnishing of the rooms, partly belonging to the House, partly, given the dispersion of numerous furnishings and relics of the poet, consisting of furniture from the deposits of Palazzo Pitti, consistent with the tone of refined simplicity typical of a family residence of small country nobility, as was that of the Righteous. The library environment, in particular, reflects the original character, documented in a commemorative photo from the early twentieth century. Among other things, there is preserved the most famous portrait of Giusti, painted by Giuseppe Bezzuoli (1784-1855), a leading painter in the Florentine artistic context of the first half of the nineteenth century. At the beginning of the tour, personal computer stations, housed in elegant furniture, are dedicated to the multimedia program on the life of the poet. The video narration, with images that can be browsed thanks to the simple touch of the screen (touch screen mode), is composed of a menu divided into thematic sections, designed both as a support to the visit of the museum and as a learning tool, useful for illustrating, deepening and finding news about the poet and his life, his time and the construction events that have affected the house where he was born. The original and archival images chosen to accompany the educational offer, the texts and poems recited, enrich the informative contents of scientific value and allow the maximum satisfaction of visits and understanding by the public. The narration is commented on by texts in Italian, English and German and enriched by audio clips in Italian.

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Viale Martini Vincenzo, 18
51015 Monsummano Terme

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