The Hendrik Christian Andersen Museum, one of the more than forty museums and culture locations in the Lazio Museum Hub, is home to the works of the sculptor and painter for whom it is named. Andersen was born in Bergen, Norway on 17 April; 1872, and a year later, he emigrated to the United States with his family, returning to Europe for his “educational journey” at the age of 21. In Italy he was able to admire the masterpieces of Renaissance art that inspired his monumental sculptures. Andersen arrived in Rome in 1897 and remained there for over 40 years. On his death on 19 December 1940, he left his studio/home and its contents (works, furniture, archive papers, photographs and books) to the Italian state. The two large workshops on the ground floor – the Gallery and the Study – provide a charming setting for Andersen’s monumental sculptures. The apartment, which is on the first floor and which was the artist’s home, is now a large exhibition space for both permanent collections – paintings, drawings and/or small sculptures – and temporary exhibitions.

The H. C. Andersen museum is very attentive to the needs of all its visitors. To guarantee a full, pleasant museum experience to deaf visitors, the Museum has created – in conjunction with Ente Nazionale Sordi – an Italian Sign Language video guide with subtitles and representative images. The video guide, which is screened in the video room on the first floor of the palazzo, welcomes deaf visitors, introducing them to the life story and artistic career of Andersen and the exhibition route of the Museum.