Our lobby gallery is open to visitors on weekdays, 10AM-4PM. (Italian Academy: 1161 Amsterdam Avenue, south of 118th Street; buzz for entry.)
See highlights in our entry gallery (the Salone) from our multi-year research project about the dawn of Italian studies at Columbia, starting with Lorenzo Da Ponte, Mozart’s witty librettist. This exhibition also touches on Columbia’s Casa Italiana—the neo-Renaissance palazzo on Amsterdam Avenue, now home to the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies.
Chief curator: Barbara Faedda
Developed by the Italian Academy
Learn more: go to our digital exhibition which has links the Columbia University Press book, From Da Ponte to the Casa Italiana: A Brief History of Italian Studies at Columbia University (by Barbara Faedda).
