Museums
Museums of Italy
6,636 museums with a page of their own, best known first: what they show, their famous works and how many people visit.
Art museum831museums
Ethnographic museum722museums
Museum of modern art665museums
History museum464museums
Most visited museums
Visitors in the latest year on record, since 2015.
1Galleria degli Uffizi
Florence, Tuscany
Art museum · 1560
970k visitors12 famous works
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2Palazzo Pitti
Florence, Tuscany
Museum of modern art · 1458
651k visitors12 famous works
5Galleria dell'Accademia
Florence, Tuscany
Art museum · 1784
1.43M visitors12 famous works
6Gallerie dell'Accademia
Giudecca, Veneto
Museum of modern art · 1750
362k visitors12 famous works
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7Pinacoteca di Brera
Milan, Lombardy
Museum of modern art · 1776
397k visitors12 famous works
8Bargello National Museum
Florence, Tuscany
Art museum · 1865
189k visitors12 famous works
9Museo dell'Opera del Duomo (Florence)
Florence, Tuscany
Art museum · 1891
1.12M visitors12 famous works
10Museo di Capodimonte
Naples, Campania
Museum of modern art
152k visitors12 famous works
11Peggy Guggenheim Collection
Giudecca, Veneto
Museum of modern art · 1980
381k visitors7 famous works
12Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Roma
Rome, Lazio
Museum of modern art · 1883
204k visitors12 famous works
13Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica
Rome, Lazio
Art museum · 1893
192k visitors12 famous works
15Galleria Doria Pamphilj
Rome, Lazio
Art museum · 1651
132k visitors12 famous works
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16Accademia Carrara
Bergamo, Lombardy
Pinacotheca · 1793
37k visitors12 famous works
17Museo del Novecento
Milan, Lombardy
Museum of modern art · 2010
254k visitors10 famous works
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18Galleria Palatina
Florence, Tuscany
Museum of modern art · 1828
777k visitors12 famous works
19Scuola Grande di San Rocco
Venice, Veneto
Art museum · 1478
136k visitors12 famous works
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20Museo Egizio
Turin, Piedmont
History museum · 1824
899k visitors3 famous works
21National Archaeological Museum, Florence
Florence, Tuscany
Archaeological museum · 1871
60k visitors12 famous works
22Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia
Rome, Lazio
Art museum · 1889
61k visitors7 famous works
23Castelvecchio Museum
Verona, Veneto
Art museum · 1924
179k visitors12 famous works
24Galleria nazionale di Parma
Parma, Emilia-Romagna
Museum of modern art · 1760
135k visitors12 famous works
25Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna
Bologna, Emilia-Romagna
Pinacotheca · 1762
86k visitors12 famous works
28Galleria d'arte moderna di Milano
Milan, Lombardy
Museum of modern art · 1921
67k visitors9 famous works
29Museo della Scienza e della Tecnologia "Leonardo da Vinci"
Milan, Lombardy
Industry museum · 1953
406k visitors5 famous works
31Museo Nazionale di San Martino
Naples, Campania
Art museum
140k visitors6 famous works
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32National Gallery of Umbria
Perugia, Umbria
Museum of modern art · 1878
59k visitors12 famous works
33Tosio Martinengo Gallery
Brescia, Lombardy
Pinacotheca · 1851
28k visitors12 famous works
34Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena
Siena, Tuscany
Art museum · 1932
17k visitors12 famous works
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37Naples National Archaeological Museum
Naples, Campania
Archaeological museum · 1777
533k visitors12 famous works
38Musei di Strada Nuova
Genoa, Liguria
Art museum · 2004
79k visitors12 famous works
39Museo archeologico regionale Paolo Orsi
Syracuse, Sicily
Archaeological museum · 1878
31k visitors4 famous works
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40Museo Nazionale Romano
Rome, Lazio
Archaeological museum · 1889
349k visitors12 famous works
41Fondazione Magnani-Rocca
Basilicanova, Emilia-Romagna
Museum of modern art · 1977
31k visitors7 famous works
42National Museum of Abruzzo
L'Aquila, Abruzzo
Art museum
41k visitors6 famous works
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43Triennale di Milano
Milan, Lombardy
Art museum · 1923
661k visitors1 famous works
47Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli
Nichelino, Piedmont
Pinacotheca · 2002
103k visitors3 famous works
49The National Cinema Museum
Turin, Piedmont
Film museum · 1958
755k visitors
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51Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto
Rovereto, Trentino-Alto Adige
Museum of modern art · 1987
116k visitors2 famous works
52Guarnacci Museum
Volterra, Tuscany
Archaeological museum · 1732
59k visitors3 famous works
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53Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Venice
Venice, Veneto
Archaeological museum · 1523
370k visitors2 famous works
55Diocesan Museum in Cortona
Cortona, Tuscany
Art museum · 1945
18k visitors5 famous works
56Regional Archaeological Museum Antonino Salinas
Palermo, Sicily
Archaeological museum · 1866
55k visitors2 famous works
57Museo Civico di Sansepolcro
Sansepolcro, Tuscany
Art museum · 1850
30k visitors4 famous works
58Pinacoteca Nazionale
Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna
Art museum
48k visitors4 famous works
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Naxos
Giardini Naxos, Sicily
Archaeological park
103k visitors
Kinds
What the museums show
| Kind | Museums with a page |
|---|---|
| Art museum | 831 |
| Ethnographic museum | 722 |
| Museum of modern art | 665 |
| History museum | 464 |
| Archaeological museum | 415 |
| Natural history museum | 386 |
| Religious museum | 315 |
| Archaeological park | 249 |
| Technology museum | 204 |
| Industry museum | 180 |
| Pinacotheca | 140 |
| Ecomuseum | 86 |
| Historic house museum | 72 |
| Diocesan museum | 45 |