Kunsthistorisches Institute in Florenz (Max-Planck-Institute)

National Network
Italy
Address

Via Giusti 44
Firenze
Italy

Telephone
2491165
Fax
2491182
E-Mail
wolf@khi.fi.it
E-Mail (2)
fasino@khi.fi.it
Website
http://www.khi.fi.it
Organisation Type
Other
Fields of Activity
  1. Environment/Sustainable development
General Information
1. The Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florence is a Max-Planck-Institute, there are 43 employees (researchers and administration); 40 fellows and temporary contracts. 2. Annual budget ca. 4000 T€ 3. Max Planck Society 4. Long running research projects, library, photographic collection; organization of seminars and congresses. 5. Italian and other international partners in various projects
Mission and Objectives

The KHI is a research institute in art history founded in 1897, it studies Italian art in a Mediterranean and European context. Its library (300.000 voll.) and photographic collection (550.000 items) are among the few best in the field on a global level.

Main Projects / Activities

Recently a research laboratory for the history of Mediterranean cultural and artistic exchange has been founded in Genoa with the Museo del Mare and the University of Genoa (CantiMed). With other partners from different Mediterranean countries a project will be started in autumn 2006, regarding the history, monuments and art of harbour cities. The institute in Florence itself has various projects stimulating the encounter of scholars of Byzantine, Islamic and Western art and cultural history.

Contact (1) Full Name
Gerhard Wolf
Head of the organisation
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Wolf
Contact (2) Full Name
Ester Fasino