There is a substantial difference between visiting a museum and stepping into a house museum. In the first case, the works follow a curatorial path; in the second, you walk through environments that still preserve the character of daily life. Paintings hanging above a sofa, books left on shelves, furnishings designed to be lived in: every room tells the story of the relationship between those who lived there and the works they chose to keep.
House museums are among the most fascinating cultural places in Italy precisely because they allow you to take a step beyond a simple visit. In addition to safeguarding art collections, they allow visitors to enter the private spaces of artists, architects, writers and great collectors, offering a direct look at their way of living, designing and collecting.
