Museo ItaloAmericano

Museo ItaloAmericano

Established	1978 (39 Years Ago)
Location	Fort Mason Center, Building C San Francisco, California, United States
Founder	Giuliana Nardelli Haight
Director	Paola Bagnatori^[1]
Website	www.museoitaloamericano.org

Museo ItaloAmericano, also known as the Italian American Museum, is a museum in San Francisco, California, that focuses on Italian-American history, art and culture.^[2]^[3]

History

The nonprofit museum was founded by Giuliana Nardelli Haight on August 17, 1978, above Caffe Malvina in North Beach.^[4]^[2]^[5] The first exhibition at the museum was paintings by Paolo Emilio Bergamaschi, alongside sculptures by Beniamino Bufano, Elio Benvenuto, and Peter Macchiarini.^[4] The museum was briefly located on 678 Green Street in North Beach in the 1970s, before it moved again in 1985, to the Fort Mason Center.^[2]^[6]

Although the museum always holds temporary exhibits, it also maintains a permanent collection, including works by Beniamino Bufano, Francesco Clemente, Sandro Chia, Mimmo Paladino, among others.^[2] The museum also offers a number of Italian language classes, from beginner to advanced to casual conversation classes.

References

^ Yollin, Patricia (2009-11-24). "Museo ItaloAmericano: Italians in California". SFGATE. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Hilgers, Laura (2020-04-04). "The Italian Job: It Takes a Village". The Nob Hill Gazette. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
^ "Italia d' America". Archivio - la Repubblica.it (in Italian). 2009-12-27. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
^ ^a ^b Conference on the Educational and Occupational Needs of White Ethnic Women, October 10-13, 1978. U.S. Department of Education, National Institution of Education. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1978. pp. 69–71.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
^ Bigelow, Catherine (2020-01-17). "San Francisco fans give big bravo to Museo Italo Americano with Tosca Cafe fundraiser". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
^ "Museo Italo Americano Planning Move To Northeast Waterfront". hoodline.com. 2015-06-02. Retrieved 2021-03-14.

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