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Museums of Liguria

Visititaly recommends the complete list of museums to visit in Liguria, the most important attractions for spending a day with friends and family. The museum circuit of the Liguria region is widely distributed throughout the territory, in fact one municipality out of three hosts a museum structure. Visiting a museum is an effective learning method, used effectively both by schools to improve their educational offer and by tourists wishing to learn about the history and culture of the region. Discover the galleries, art galleries, permanent exhibitions, collections and collections, plaster casts, foundations and all the places linked to culture that characterize the Liguria region and its territory. If you have visited a museum and would like to share your experience with others, please report ithere!

Savona - Museums

Pinacoteca Civica

The Civic Art Gallery of Savona is located in Palazzo Gavotti. The latter was built in the second half of the 16th century on pre-existing medieval structures and modified in the nineteenth century. The museum, considered among the most important in Liguria, presents a rich collection of paintings, sculptures and ceramics, among these of the Renaissance masterpieces known all over the world. Since 2010, one of the rooms of the art gallery hosts a particular collection of icons dedicated to the “Grand Mother of the Three Hands” collected by Professor Renzo Mantero.

Genoa - Museums

Galleria di Palazzo Reale

The Palazzo Reale Gallery is located inside the Royal Palace of Genoa, built between 1618 and 1620 by the powerful Balbi family. Inside you can see over 200 paintings exhibited in the two noble floors, a collection of ancient and modern sculptures, such as those by Filippo Barodi, one of the most famous sculptors of the Baroque Genoese. In addition, we can also find a collection of Genoese, Piedmontese and French furniture dating back to the middle of the 17th century until the beginning of the 20th century.

Savona - Museums

Quadreria del Seminario Vescovile

The Framework of the Episcopal Seminary is a collection that includes about 100 works dating from the 15th to the 20th century, of which also sculptural presences. It is a rich collection of furnishings and paintings arranged along the corridors and in some rooms of the Seminary. The Quadreria can be visited only by reservation. The Framework of the Episcopal Seminary is a museum in which paintings, sculptures and furnishings are exhibited. All this heritage is the result of donations, especially the voluminous one by Agostino Cortese. Among the most important paintings present are a 15th-century polyptych and a Holy Family attributed to Van Dyck. However, there are other works, such as those by Gio Battista Carlone, Gioacchino Assereto and del Grechetto.

Campo Ligure - Museums

Museo della Filigrana

The Filigree Museum is located in the headquarters of the former House of Justice. The exhibition is divided into four floors, where the objects are arranged according to their origin, making the characteristics and differences between the different craft schools more visible. Today, the Museum contains about two hundred materials of local craftsmanship and goldsmiths, thanks also to a nucleus of collections from the collection of Pietro Carlo Bosio.

Campomorone - Museums

Museo di Paleontologia e Mineralogia

The museum consists of three halls in which the exhibitions are held, very different from each other. At the entrance there is a case that contains phosphorescent materials that change color in the light. The second show shows discoveries of different sizes, such as Bison Priscus's leftover leather, and the tooth of Elefas Primigenius. The third room reproduces the life of the first hominids and the community of primitive men. Archaeology workshops give the opportunity to move through time, paint beasts and sign parts of the cave.

Genoa - Museums

Villa Croce

The palace was donated to the City of Genoa by the Croce family to be transformed into a museum. In this structure there are more than 3,000 works of Italian and foreign abstract art, of some of the most important artists in this artistic field. The museum consists of three floors. On the ground floor is the bookstore, a conference room and a library. Instead, contemporary art exhibitions are preserved on the first floor. Today it is among the most visited museums in the area.

Genoa - Museums

Padiglione del Mare e della Navigazione

The Genoa Sea and Navigation Pavilion is one of the most innovative museums in Genoa and is located on the third floor of the Cotton Warehouses, near the Aquarium. The purpose of the Museum is to tell the maritime story of Genoa and Liguria in general, starting from the sixteenth century to the early twentieth century. In fact, we find representations of vintage boats and rooms dedicated to Andrea Doria and Cristoforo Colombo. In addition, real-size plastics are also exhibited that resume the different workings in shipbuilding.

Genoa - Museums

Museo di Architettura e Scultura Ligure di Sant'Agostino

The museum of Sant'Agostino is located at the premises of the cloister of an Augustinian convent dating back to 200 in Genoa. The exhibition consists of sculptures in stone, wood, marble and metal. In addition, you can find ceramics, elements of architectural sculpture, various works of pictorial art consisting of frescoes, etc. The sculptures represent a long period ranging from the 2nd century to the VII century. The collections are composed of works donated, purchased, transferred or inherited from individuals and city religious institutions.

Genoa - Museums

Museo di Santa Maria di Castello

The construction of the museum was born of the idea of grouping all the works, without a location following the transformations of the church and the convent. The first tracks date back to 1959. The museum covers an area of 400 square meters and is divided into 12 rooms. The works on display belong both to the Castle of Santa Maria and other monasteries and convents. You can admire ancient finds, Russian icons of the 19th and 20th century, objects of use and furnishings, as well as fifteenth-century marble.

Genoa - Museums

Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Villa Croce

The museum of Villa Croce is located in the district of Carignano, inside a park open to the public and was donated to the City Council by the Croce family, with the aim of being transformed into a museum. The building was built following the model of the neoclassical architectural structure and houses more than 3000 works of painting, sculpture, photography and iconography of Italian contemporary and abstract art and foreign of the '900.

Genoa - Museums

Civico Museo Biblioteca dell'Attore del Teatro

The Actor Library Museum was founded in 1966, as part of the Teatro Stabile in Genoa and established in 1971. The goal was the historical and critical study of the theater and the condition of the actor from the 18th century onwards. The library contains 38,200 volumes, of which part are on theatrical topic and a part on Italian and foreign cinema. For each theatrical text of the various works of the library there is also a filing by author, by topic and by title. The archive is open to the public.

Genoa - Museums

Museo dell'Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti

The Museum of the Ligurian Academy of Fine Arts was inaugurated in 1980 by the initiative of Gianfranco Bruno. The most substantial collection is the material found from the nineteenth century until the middle of the twentieth century, at the request of the Marquis Marcello Durazzo. Inside there are exhibition halls, several paintings by famous artists such as Domenico Piola and Ansaldo and there are also artistic productions such as those of Rayper and Luxoro.

Ortonovo - Museums

Museo Archeologico Nazionale

The National Archaeological Museum of Ortonovo is located in the area of excavations of the locality of Luni and is curated by the Superintendence for Archaeological Heritage of Liguria. The museum area houses artifacts such as statues, tableware and glass found in the excavations as well as reconstructions of the Domus Lunensi. A particular section is dedicated to the sacred architecture of the Capitolium and to the Sanctuary of the Moon Goddess.

Chiavari - Museums

Quadreria della Società Economica

The Economic Society Quadreria is based on the second floor of the building of the homonymous society located in Chiavari. The exhibition hall collects about two hundred works including sculptures, drawings and paintings dated from the end of the fifteenth century to the present day. There are also works by Chiavari artists and from the Flemish school such as Frans Fracken II and the school of Quentin Metsys with his work 'Lamentation of Christ'.

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