Restoration of the Papadopoli Room at the Correr Museum

The project aims to raise funds for the restoration of the Papadopoli Room at the Correr Museum, dedicated to the prestigious numismatic collection of the Venetian count Nicolò Papadopoli Aldobrandini, an eminent scholar and enlightened collector who, upon his death exactly a century ago, decided to bequeath his coin collection to his beloved city and to the Correr Museum, overlooking St Mark’s Square, on the condition that those zecchini, oselle and bagattini, lire and giustine that had been his passion be published and exhibited for the benefit of the community. This exceptional numismatic collection, comprising 17,367 coins and considered the second most valuable in Italy after that of King Victor Emmanuel III, was entirely kept until recently in the wall-mounted safes that are still in place today. Once restoration is complete, the Papadopoli Room will once again serve as a link between the revamped visitor route of the Correr Museum and the Royal Rooms, and will once more be the space dedicated to the prestigious Papadopoli numismatic collection, which can be showcased anew through a thematic and rotating exhibition of its various sections. This will restore the central role of a collection of great historical and cultural significance, making it more accessible to the public and integrating it organically into the new museum project.