Isola Madre is the "Mother", largest and first to be inhabited, of the Verbano Islands. It is closely linked to the Borromeo family since 1502. Its Palazzo ... read more
La Cervara Monastery of San Girolamo dates back to 1361, and is today in private hands. The abbey, surrounded by beautiful gardens, is open to the public for cultural, ... read more
La Villa di Maser (Villa Barbaro) is one of the best examples created by the famous Andrea Palladio (1508-80). The villa, with its beautiful frescoes made by Paolo ... read more
The Palazzo Madama houses the collections of the Turin City Museum of Ancient Art, containing paintings, statues, porcelain and other decorative art, from the Byzantine ... read more
The original Villa Raimondi dates back to the 17th-18th centuries, but has undergone later changes. Today it (Minoprio Foundation) includes a school, library and ... read more
Mocenigo Palace-Museum is dedicated to the history of fashion, costumes and fabrics. It contains collection from other museums such as Palazzo Grassi, Guggenheim, Cini and ... read more
Murano Glass Museum, founded in 1861 and located in Palazzo Giustinian on the island of Murano, is dedicated to history of glass, including local Murano glass. Its ... read more
The Archaeological National Museum is housed in the Swabian-Angevin Castle, built in the 13th century by the son of Emperor Frederick II of Hohenstaufen, Manfred. The ... read more
Museo Civico Medievale, located in Palazzo Ghisilardi-Fava, is dedicated to Medieval Bologna including artefacts from the 7th-9th century, works of art from the 15th ... read more
The Museo Correr, housed in the Napoleonic Wing of the Piazza San Marco, contains a multitude of rich collections, representing the arts and the history of the city. ... read more
The Museo del Bali, opened in 2004, is an interactive Science-Center include hands-on interactive exhibits, a Planetarium and an Observatory, constructed to the highest ... read more
Museo della Fondazione Mormino, located in Villa Zito, contains a remarkable private collection, owned by the Banco di Sicilia Foundation. It includes collections of ... read more
Museo Galileo is dedicated to the world-famous astronomer and scientist, Galileo Galilei. It is located in Palazzo Castellani, dating back to the 11th century, and ... read more
The Museo Horne features the collection of the English collector Herbert P. Horne (1864-1916) who donated his palace and collections to the Italian State. He lived in ... read more
The Museo Nationale Atestino (National Atestinian Museum), established in 1834 as Museo Civico Lapidario (Municipal Epigraphic Museum) is an archeologic museum, ... read more
The Museum of Anthropology and Ethnology (Museo Nazionale di Antropologia ed Etnologia), housed in Palazzo Nonfinito, holds a large collection of 25.00 ... read more
Leonardo's Vineyard, was given to Leonardo da Vinci in 1498 by Duke Ludovico Sforza as a tribute to his admirable Milanese works (such as the “Last Supper” in ... read more
Museum of Majolica Genius is a House-Museum, consisting of 8 rooms in the Torre Pirajno Palace, decorated with almost 5000 pieces of glazed tiles from Sicily and ... read more
Museum of Palazzo Grimani, a 16th century building, which belonged for centuries to the Grimani family, but was acquired by the City of Venice in 1981. After a long ... read more
The Museum of the Risorgimento, established in 1885, is dedicated to the crucial period in Italy's history from 1796 to 1870, from Napoleon's first campaign in ... read more