The Stibbert Museum (Italian: Museo Stibbert) is located on via Frederick Stibbert on the hill of Montughi in Florence, Italy. The museum contains over 36,000 artifacts, including a vast collection of armour from Eastern and Western civilizations.
Frederick Stibbert inherited the entire estate from his grandfather and did not work for the rest of his life. Instead, he dedicated his life to collecting objects, antiques, and artifacts and turned his villa into a museum. When the size of the collections outgrew the villa, Stibbert hired architectGiuseppe Poggi, painter Gaetano Bianchi and sculptorPassaglia to add on rooms.
In 1906, when Stibbert died, his collection was given to the city of Florence and was opened to the public. Stibbert and his family are buried at Cimitero Evangelico agli Allori, Florence.
The most extensive collection is around 16,000 pieces of European, Oriental, Islamic, Japanesearms and armour from the 15th century through the 19th century. The cavalcade room is a grand hall filled with 14 16th century knights on horseback and 14 foot-soldiers dressed in armour and holding weapons. The collection of Samurai armour contains over 80 suits and hundreds of swords.
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stibbert, museum, 7928833, 2551750, 7928833, 2551750, location26, frederick, stibbert, florence, italywebsitewww, museostibbert, italian, museo, stibbert, located, frederick, stibbert, hill, montughi, florence, italy, museum, contains, over, artifacts, includi. 43 47 34 38 N 11 15 18 63 E 43 7928833 N 11 2551750 E 43 7928833 11 2551750 Stibbert MuseumLocation26 Via Frederick Stibbert Florence ItalyWebsitewww wbr museostibbert wbr it The Stibbert Museum Italian Museo Stibbert is located on via Frederick Stibbert on the hill of Montughi in Florence Italy The museum contains over 36 000 artifacts including a vast collection of armour from Eastern and Western civilizations Contents 1 History of the family and museum 2 The museum 2 1 Arms and armour 3 References 4 External linksHistory of the family and museum editThe museum was founded by Frederick Stibbert 1838 1906 His father was English and his mother Italian he received his education in England The Stibbert family s extreme wealth came from Frederick s grandfather Giles Stibbert who was the commander in chief for the British East India Company in Bengal at the end of the 18th century and ruled as governor for many years nbsp Stibbert Chapel Cimitero degli Allori Florence Italy Frederick Stibbert inherited the entire estate from his grandfather and did not work for the rest of his life Instead he dedicated his life to collecting objects antiques and artifacts and turned his villa into a museum When the size of the collections outgrew the villa Stibbert hired architect Giuseppe Poggi painter Gaetano Bianchi and sculptor Passaglia to add on rooms In 1906 when Stibbert died his collection was given to the city of Florence and was opened to the public Stibbert and his family are buried at Cimitero Evangelico agli Allori Florence The museum editThe villa which was once Stibbert s home has 57 rooms that exhibit all of his collections from around the world Most of the walls are covered in leather and tapestries and the rooms are crowded with artifacts Paintings are displayed throughout every room including still lifes and portraits There is also valuable furniture porcelains Tuscan crucifixes Etruscan artifacts and an outfit worn by Napoleon I of France The museum contains a cafe and a bookstore Arms and armour edit The most extensive collection is around 16 000 pieces of European Oriental Islamic Japanese arms and armour from the 15th century through the 19th century The cavalcade room is a grand hall filled with 14 16th century knights on horseback and 14 foot soldiers dressed in armour and holding weapons The collection of Samurai armour contains over 80 suits and hundreds of swords References editThis article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Stibbert Museum news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2017 Learn how and when to remove this message External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Stibbert Museum amp oldid 1153136068, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
