The MAMbo

“The first section of the building was built in 1915 by the mayor of Bologna Francesco Zanardi, for use as a municipal bakery to meet the procurement needs of Bologna’s citizens during WWI.
During the 1940s, the building was enlarged and housed the Ente Autonomo dei Consumi until it closed for good in 1958.
The transformation and conversion of the old bakery into the new premises of MAMbo – Bologna’s Modern Art Museum – commenced in the second half of the 1990s.
The recovery project is implemented observing and upgrading pre-existing architectural characteristics.
The restoration was designed by Aldo Rossi and was carried out by the Municipality of Bologna through the company Finanziaria Bologna Metropolitana, with the collaboration of “Studio Arassociati of Milan”.

form the Museum's website http://www.mambo-bologna.org/identitaestoria/Storiaedificio/