The department of Lviv Historical Museum “Palazzo Bandinelli” is located in a 3-storey stone building of the end of the 16th century on Sq. Rynok, 2., one of the oldest buildings in the central part of Lviv.

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At the beginning of the 17th century, this house belonged to the wealthy Florentine merchant Roberto Bandinelli, who opened the first post office in Lviv in 1629. It is thanks to the Bandinelli family among connoisseurs of the history of the city that the building is better known as “Palazzo Bandinelli”.

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During the 18th and 19th centuries, the owners of the stone were local Armenians, Austrians, Poles, who belonged to the wealthy Lviv environment. At the beginning of the 18th century, major repairs were carried out, as evidenced by the inscriptions on the wooden elements of the structure in the interior.

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The house is one of the interesting examples of residential architecture of the historical center of Lviv, and is one of the elements of the integral ensemble of Rynok Square, which was formed during the 17-18 centuries. The house has three floors, and the main facade with three windows is typical for buildings in the Market. The side facade overlooks the street. Stavropygian.

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In the early 2000s, the house was restored. Since 2005, the exposition of the department “Palazzo Bandinelli” has been operating in its premises.

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The exhibition rooms are located on the second and partly on the third floor. The museum concept is based on the idea of recreating residential interiors characteristic of the life of wealthy Lviv residents of the 17-18 centuries. To the attention of visitors there is a hall for special receptions, as well as an ensemble of rooms, where samples of furniture, porcelain and earthenware, glassware, wallpaper carpets, household items, as well as paintings are exhibited. Among the exhibits are unique works of art, demonstrating the high artistic and aesthetic level of artists from different countries of Europe. The decoration is exquisite handmade furniture of the 17th — 18th centuries, custom made by the King of France Louis XVI woven wallpaper, a collection of table silver, porcelain products from China and Japan.

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The exposition is built on the principle of conditional reproduction of the interiors of the house for their intended purpose: from the hall for ceremonial receptions, visitors get to the living room, the gallery of the ceremonial portrait, the study, the dining room, etc. The real highlight of the exposition of the department is the interior of the kitchen, where samples of old metal utensils are collected.

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Since the premises of the house have not been preserved in their original form, except for some structural elements, the exposition was formed on the basis of historical descriptions of similar structures of the 17th-18th centuries on Rynok Square.

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