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The Innocenti Institute's Historical Archive, Ph. Marco Badiani, 2025 Little Meteors: The Girls Restoring Tokens at the Innocenti Institute   By Linda Falcone   This article was first published in Restoration Conversations Magazine Issue 7, Spring 2025   The Innocenti Hospital’s historical archive comprises more than 13,000 documents and objects from the thirteenth to the twentieth centuries, including ‘tokens’ that parents left with their foundling children, as proof of iden

2 to 10 November 2024 A tribute dedicated to Hungarian director Judit Elek is a highlight of the 65th edition of the international...

A new restoration at Europe’s earliest foundling hospital By Linda Falcone Autumn/Winter 2024-25, Issue 06 Restoration Conversations magazine A token left with one of the children, Ph. Marco Lanza, Courtesy of the Istituto degli Innocenti The cobalt blue and white roundels by Andrea della Robbia, which feature on the loggia of Brunelleschi’s Ospedale degli Innocenti – now home to the Innocenti Museum and Institute – depict babies who remain ‘forever young’, thanks to the gla

An age-old tradition continues On canvas or in clay?  How do women artists of the past inspire today’s creative personalities?  On...

Photo by G. Blancourt Cinema lovers are looking forward to autumn 2025 and the tribute to Sarah Maldoror (1929-2020), a revolutionary...

From 2024 to 2026,  Calliope Arts Foundation  and the   Festival dei Popoli  Institute are launching a collaborative project ‘ Women...