The Nivola Museum is located on the upper part of the town centre of Orani and is housed in the former wash house, on the hillside of the Su Cantaru hills, from which the spring took its name. In 1995, the town’s old wash house became a museum following restoration work carried out by the architects, Peter Chermayeff and Umberto Floris.
The museum is dedicated to the artist from Orani, Costantino Nivola (1911-1988), to his modernism, the landscape and interaction between art and nature.
The permanent collection displays over 200 graphic, pictorial and sculptural works by Nivola; while the temporary exhibitions set up in the museum areas are dedicated to artists concerned with the relationship between architecture and landscape, and public art.
The exhibition winds its way between the outside space and internal areas, and has been extended over time. The main building is rectangular with a wooden roof. The outside space, on the other hand, with cobblestones and typical local trees displays the artist’s work on simple pedestals that show of their shapes. There is still an antique fountain in the garden; a gutter for trickling water crosses through the space surrounded by the sculptures, creating a union between art and nature.
