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Established in 1978 on the site of an old school of lacemaking on the island of Burano, Venice, the Lace Museum (Museo del Merletto) reveals the craft of lace and embroidery, practised by…
The Vatican Museums boast many artistic glories, but the highlight is the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel. Painted by Michelangelo between 1512 and 1549, the frescoes represent the apogee of…
The queues for the Uffizi Gallery in central Florence are a clue: it's the world's finest collection of Renaissance art. You'll never see it all. Look out for Botticelli's Birth of Venus and…
Situated in the Giardino di Boboli, Florence's most illustrious park, the Porcelain Museum showcases collectables and trinkets from the history of several dynasties of powerful reigning…
The Peggy Guggenheim Collection features 20th-century art pieces brought together by the eccentric American heiress and collector. Housed in her former home, an 18th-century truncated palazzo…
Home to works by Tiziano, Veronese and Tintoretto, the Doge's Palace in Venice is itself a masterpiece of Gothic art and an iconic landmark not to be missed. A visit provides access to the…
"All art has been contemporary" says the bold blue-neon sign hanging from the 1960s building housing GAM, Turin's modern art gallery. The 15,000-strong collection of paintings, sculptures and…
Archaeological Museum of Naples
Naples's rich archaeological past, including findings from the mythical city of Pompeii, can be seen under one roof at the National Museum of Archaeology. Permanent collections of gems…
The Pasta Museum in Rome is the only museum in the world to be entirely devoted to this frugal yet endlessly variable Italian foodstuff.
The Galleria Borghese, housed in an elegant marble villa in the Villa Borghese park, contains masterpieces collected by the powerful nephew of Pope Paul V, Cardinal Scipione. Paintings and…
The Vatican Museums, in the Vatican City, make up the world's largest museum complex. Over 1,000 rooms are filled with a bewildering array of masterpieces commissioned or collected by…
Napoleon's ill-gotten gains form one of the world's best Italian Renaissance art collections, Pinacoteca di Brera, housed in a fine Renaissance palace in Brera. The 38 rooms are brimming with…
On the cosy Piazza Carignano, in-between the baroque theatre and the former Academy of Sciences, Turin's Egyptian Museum houses the most important collection of Egyptian antiquities after that…
Church of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari
The highlight of the soaring Gothic Church of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari in San Polo is Titian's dramatic painting Assunta (1518), a representation of the Assumption. Red and white marble…
Baroque Ca' Pesaro, on the Grand Canal in Santa Croce, is a nobleman's mansion. Inside, the International Gallery of Modern Art houses works by Matisse, Klimt and Kandinsky. Japanese…
The Galleria dell'Accademia, near bustling Piazza San Marco square in central Florence, was the world's first school of art. It's now a fascinating gallery, home to one of the world's most…
Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea
Contrary to the impression one might get from its smooth, aesthetic surfaces, Milan's contemporary art pavilion, the PAC, has had a troubled history and was bombed to smithereens by the Mafia in 1993!
Leonardo da Vinci Museum of Science and Technology
Milan's Leonardo da Vinci Museum of Science and Technology, one of the most visited museums in Italy, is a treasure trove of gadgets and inventions. Divided into various sections, it offers…
Renaissance masterpieces including sculptures, textiles and armoury fill the Bargello Museum in central Florence. This imposing former prison houses sculptures by artists like Michelangelo…
Occupying a deconsecrated church, the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Dorsoduro contain the world's greatest collection of Venetian art, spanning 500 years. Featured artists include the Bellinis…
