Museo Civico di Bassano

The Museo Civico di Bassano del Grappa is the town art and architecture museum located on Piazza Garibaldi #34 in Bassano del Grappa, in the Vicenza province of the region of the Veneto, in northern Italy. It is housed in a former Franciscan convent.

In the first half of the 19th century, artworks from a variety of suppressed religious institutions became property of the commune. In 1831, a first series of painters were displayed for the public in rooms surrounding the cloister of the Monastery of San Francesco. In 1840, these were joined by paintings from the City Hall's sala del Consiglio, as well as collections of Natural History specimens and books donated by the amateur naturalist Giovanni Battista Brocchi.

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