The exhibition seat is Villa Bardini, part of the large monumental complex next to the Forte Belvedere that, from the top of Costa San Giorgio, dominates from above the neighborhood of San Niccolò. 

Together with the century-old Bardini Garden, the Villa has recently been restored and returned to its ancient splendor after almost a half century of abandon, thanks to a complete funding by Ente Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze, through the Fondazione Parchi Monumentali Bardini e Peyron (Bardini and Peyron Foundation for Monumental Parks).



Built around 1641 by the architect Gherardo Silvani (1579-1675), it is situated in a splendid panoramic position that gave the building the name of Belvedere Villa: a building that recalls the "Casini di Delizia", a sort of elegant country house, that were very popular at the end of the 16th and the first half of the 17th centuries in Florence.  They were created for gentlemanly pleasures and were surrounded by fields, cultivated not only for agricultural purposes but for ornamental ones as well. 

The Bardini Garden is a reassembly of three different properties that characterized the complex from its beginning and are still recognizable today.  First, there is the large terraced lawn with the long baroque staircase in the center that leads to the splendid Belvedere (lookout) over the city of Florence, the most spectacular element of the entire complex.  Then there is the English wood to the west and the agricultural area to the east. 

Today the villa is used for exhibitions and houses the Roberto Capucci Foundation on the upper floors where a museum dedicated to Pietro Annigoni will open soon while the ground floor is intended for temporary exhibitions and meetings.