MSB Palazzo Pepoli

The application of the Museum of the History of Bologna, core of Genus Bononiae.

Genus Bononiae.
Museums in the City is a cultural, artistic and museum itinerary running through buildings in the historical centre of Bologna that have been renovated and rehabilitated for public use:

ART AND HISTORY LIBRARY AT SAN GIORGIO IN POGGIALE,
with a rich collection of books dating from the 1500s onwards;

SAN COLOMBANO,
with the collection of ancient instruments belonging to Maestro Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini;

CHIESA DI SANTA CRISTINA,
where concerts are held;

SANTA MARIA DELLA VITA,
which houses the terracotta sculptures Compianto sul Cristo Morto by Niccolò dell’Arca;

PALAZZO PEPOLI,
an innovative museum dedicatedto the history of the city;

PALAZZO FAVA,
frescoed by the Carraccis, a dedicated events and exhibition centre;

CASA SARACENI,
home to the Carisbo Foundation;

SAN MICHELE IN BOSCO,
a magnificent belvedere looking out over Bologna, with a rich collection of art works.

To better describe and understand the genus and stock of the Bolognese people from yesterday and today, Genus Bononiae. Museums in the City follows a path through the city and narrates its history, life, arts and dreams; it uses the streets of Bologna as corridors and the buildings and churches as rooms, blending into the existing institutional structure, and ensuring a full link with other museums, art galleries, as well as the other cultural, economic and social initiatives which animate the local community.