Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, Gallerie Estensi Museum

Modena, Italy

Contacts

Palazzo dei Musei Largo Porta Sant’Agostino, 337 – 41121 Modena

Tel. +39 059 4395711 fax +39 059 230196 Mail: ga-esten@cultura.gov.it

https://gallerie-estensi.beniculturali.it

Description

A dynastic library par excellence, the Biblioteca Estense was created at the behest of the Este family-Lords of Ferrara-as early as the late fourteenth century, the two remaining closely intertwined until the dissolution of the duchy and unification of Italy. The Library, now a Biblioteca Nazionale, moved to its location at the Palazzo dei Musei in 1882 and became part of the new Gallerie Estensi Museum in 2016.