Bruno Stefanini, a Swiss collector and real estate magnate, amassed over 100,000 diverse items, from artworks to oddities, many in poor condition. After his death in 2018, his daughter Bettina and the Foundation for Art, Culture and History began the daunting task of sorting through his contaminated collection. Now, the foundation has cleaned and digitized the inventory, making it accessible online, allowing the public to discover unique artifacts like Kaiser Wilhelm II's washroom and items owned by Charlie Chaplin, reflecting the eccentric breadth of Stefanini's life and interests.
"We have put almost our entire collection online-everything we possibly could, in a way that is of a very high standard in terms of open access," says Reto Thüring, the foundation's head of culture.
Stefanini hoarded art, buildings, eclectic historical memorabilia and weaponry as well as 30-year-old tuna cans and truckloads of old newspapers, accumulating over 100,000 objects.
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