The present building, at 113 Via delle Belle Arti (near the
Villa Giulia), was designed by
Cesare Bazzani and was built between 1911 and 1915. On the façade are
friezes by
Ermenegildo Luppi,
Adolfo Laurenti and
Giovanni Prini, with four figures of Fame holding bronze wreaths sculpted by Adolfo Pantaresi and Albino Candoni. The museum was expanded and doubled in size by Bazzani in 1934. A new building by was inaugurated in 1988, but closed ten years later over safety concerns. A project developed by architects
Diener & Diener in 1999 and 2000 was put on hold in 2003. In 2018 work was done to make the Cosenza building safe to use. == The museum ==