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Museums Ancona

Visititaly recommends the list of museums to visit in Ancona, the most important attractions for spending a day with friends and family. 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 area. Italy boasts nearly 5,000 museums, archaeological areas and ecomuseums, a cultural heritage widely distributed throughout the territory, in fact one out of three Italian towns has at least one museum. Discover the galleries, art galleries, permanent exhibitions, collections and collections, plaster casts, foundations and all the places related to culture that characterize Ancona and its territory. If you have visited a museum and would like to share your experience with others, please report it here!

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Museo Archeologico Nazionale delle Marche

The Museum is a synthesis of historical and archaeological knowledge of the Marche region, from prehistory to the threshold of Romanization, only documented by finds from the excavation process. Used as a museum since 1978 it works as a museum, it was built in the mid-1500s and initially known as Palazzo Ferretti. In this museum we find a great archaeological heritage, documentation of the civilizations that followed in the entire Marche region from the Paleolithic to the High Middle Ages, such as bronze vases and shields, vases figurative penthouses, silver, etc. On the ground floor there are elements of the Roman section.

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Pinacoteca Comunale

The Municipal Art Gallery or the so-called Francesco Podesta Pinacoteca is located inside Palazzo Bosdari. Palazzo Bosdari dates back to 1973, and is one of the most important in the area. Currently it houses a large collection of works with a hundred paintings by artists such as Francesco Podesti, Carlo Camerino, Archangel of Cola and numerous artists of the past centuries. Another part of the Art Gallery hosts modern art with works by Cagli, Campigli, Cassinari, and other important contemporary artists. Admission to the Art Gallery is free of charge.

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