Musap - Fondazione "Circolo Artistico Politecnico" Onlus

The Foundation “Circolo Artistico Politecnico” is established in Palazzo Zapata. It is located in the heart of the city between Galleria Umberto I, the San Carlo theatre, Palazzo Reale and Piazza Plebiscito. It is a “smart” multi-functional museum structure whose rich collections are the symbol of the prestige and the beauty of Naples, from the 19th century to the present days. The collections, gathered over 130 years of history (600 pictorial works, 80 sculptures, 4500 volumes including the first edition of the “Enciclopedia Treccani” and the “Felesina pittrice vite de pittori bolognesi alla maesta christianissima di Luigi XIV re di Francia” dated 1678; “the Picture Library” with more than 5000 photographies of the most representatives personalities of the country linked to the Foundation and finally the “Historical Record” with ancient unpublished documents), were given to the Foundation by its Founding Members in order to make them available for the whole Territorial Community, researchers and tourists.