It’s no secret that museums and cultural agencies across Italy are home to countless hidden gems. What’s less known is that Italy’s Chamber of Deputies, housed in Palazzo Montecitorio, holds thousands of artworks—many of which have been sitting in “temporary storage” for nearly a century.

While occasional headlines pop up over politicians displaying art in their offices, the Chamber has quietly accumulated over 3,000 pieces, including prints, drawings, engravings, lithographs, and watercolors. Some works date back to renovations overseen by architect Ernesto Basile in the early 1900s, while others were acquired in the 1930s, and especially in the 1960s and 1990s, when the Chamber actively participated in major national art events like the Venice Biennale and Rome Quadriennale.