Art Museum of the City of Taormina

Casa Cuseni, is the Art Museum that houses the private collections of Robert Hawthorn Kitson, the British patron who has been Patron and Pupil of Sir Frank Brangwyn RA, one of the most celebrated British artists of all time. Among the many works of Sir Frank Brangwyn we can see the Royal Gallery at the House of Lords, Westminster, the Foyer of the RCA Building in New York, John D. Rockefeller, the famous glass windows for Louis Confort Tiffany. In Taormina, he performed his masterpiece of art, Casa Cuseni’s dining room, the only interior in the world entirely designed and made by the artist.

Visit the Museum

Guided tours are held every day, at 11.00 am for the language tour and at 4.00 pm for the tour in Italian.
The reservation is mandatory.

Casa Cuseni at a glance

1898-1900

Design of Casa Cuseni

1902-1905

Building of Casa Cuseni

1905-1946

The House becomes an International Center for Applied Arts

1948

The House becomes a hotel for artists

1998

The entire monumental complex is recognized by the Italian National Monument Government “because it is fundamental to the nation’s identity”.

2015

Casa Cuseni becomes the Art Museum of the city of Taormina.

2016

Casa Cuseni becomes International Museum in the circuit “Memory House” www.casedellamemoria.it

2016

Casa Cuseni’s Garden enters the Great Italian Gardens www.grandigiardiniitaliani.it

2017

Cuseni becomes an International Foundation dedicated to the painter Robert Hawthorn Kitson

Photo Gallery of the Art Museum of the City of Taormina