Porcelain Museum (Florence)

The Museo delle Porcellane in Florence, Italy.

The Porcelain Museum[1] (Italian: Museo delle porcellane) is located in the Casino del Cavaliere, one of the highest points of the Boboli Gardens at the Pitti Palace in Florence, Italy.[2]

The items on display, organized by manufacturer in the displays, include examples from the leading European producers. Among the largest holdings on display are: the Capodimonte porcelain of Naples; the Tuscan Doccia porcelain from Sesto Fiorentino; French manufacturers such as Sèvres and Vincennes; Vienna porcelain, largely collected by Ferdinand III of Tuscany; the German porcelain factory of Meissen.

The museum is among the hundred most visited art museums in the world.[3]

  1. ^ "The Porcelain Museum". Uffizi, Florence, Italy. Ministero per i Beni e le Attivit Culturali. Archived from the original on September 14, 2011. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
  2. ^ "Museo delle Porcellane". Lonely Planet. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
  3. ^ "Exhibition & museum attendance figures 2010" (PDF). The Art Newspaper. Vol. 223. London, UK. April 2011. p. 24. Retrieved 26 June 2011.