"After a huge flood devastated the city of Florence in 1966, thousands of artworks were lost and damaged. Art historian Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti assembled a committee to raise worldwide public awareness and asked local and international artists to donate works to replace the ones that had been destroyed. More than 200 artists replied to the appeal and that's how Museo del Novecento was born. Dedicated to Italian art of the 20th and 21st centuries, today the museum houses more than 400 works, everything from painting to poetry." - Bridget Arsenault
