Discovering the extraordinary Museums of Genoa

The museum offering in Genoa is articulated, intriguing and extraordinarily vast. Art, world cultures, nature, science, navigation, music, entertainment, history and local traditions. Below we have listed six, but we could add as many as 33 in just 10 kilometers, including the Frugone Collection Museum, Via del Campo 29 rosso, the Museum at Castello d’Albertis, the Edoardo Chiossone Museum of Oriental Art, the National Gallery of Palazzo Spinazzola, the Sant'Agostino Museum, the Palazzo Andrea Doria, the Diocesan Museum and the Lanterna. Palazzo Ducale, on the other hand, is the venue for numerous events in Genoa.

An immense historical, artistic and architectural heritage, enclosed within palaces, villas, galleries and collections. A long journey at the end of which a stop is necessary to refresh body and mind. Here then is where to eat at a restaurant in Genoa: typical traditional dishes, from the sea and land, with the best gastronomy of Genoa.

And if you are not tired, you can continue the tour in the Ligurian capital: the most beautiful monuments of Genoa await you in every corner of the city.

 Among the most interesting museums to visit, here is a list with six complexes of notable historical-cultural depth. Consult the official portals for admission times and ticket availability, full or reduced: dive into the present or the past and begin a new journey to Genoa made of exploration and knowledge.

The Strada Nuova Museums

That is, the legacy of the powerful and rich Genoese aristocracy. The Strada Nuova Museums represent a museum itinerary composed of over 75 rooms of Renaissance and Baroque art in the residences of the noble families of the mid-16th century. Palazzo Rosso houses paintings by Dürer, Veronese, Guercino, Strozzi, Grechetto, Van Dyck, and its visit ends with a breathtaking panorama over the historic center. Palazzo Bianco is the main art gallery of Liguria with works by Caravaggio, Rubens, Vouet, Strozzi while Palazzo Doria-Tursi testifies to the ancient splendor of Genoa as a Maritime Republic.

Galata Sea Museum

Over 4,300 original objects, 31 exhibition rooms including one dedicated to Christopher Columbus, two panoramic terraces, VR multimedia stations and two 1:1 scale reconstructions of a 17th-century Genoese galley and a 19th-century brigantine. Galata Sea Museum extends over 12,000 sqm and is the largest and most innovative maritime museum in the Mediterranean.

GAM: the Modern Art Gallery

Over 350 works including paintings, sculptures, drawings and engravings dating from the early 19th century, with works by Rayper, Luxoro, Cabianca, Varni, Barabino, Merello, Nomellini, Baroni, Messina, Martini, De Pisis, Casorati, Carena, Ferrazzi, Depero, Fillia, Survage, Mafai, Capogrossi, Cagli, Guttuso, Sassu, Zao Wou Ki. It was donated in 1866 to the city of Genoa by his father Vittorio Emanuele II.

Royal Palace Museum

17th-century patrician residence of the noble Balbi, Durazzo, Savoy families, it preserves furnishings, **art** works and objects of use (17th-19th century). The valuable collection of Italian and foreign artists (Van Dyck, Tintoretto, Strozzi) and of the Genoese school (Piola, Grechetto, Schiaffino) is notable. The marvelous collection of Genoese furniture from the 17th-18th century.

The Risorgimento Museum

Over 120 years of history, from Balilla to Mazzini's Giovine Italia: a journey that recounts and celebrates, through the exhibited objects, the Unification of Italy accomplished through the political activity and the deeds of the Expedition of the Thousand. The itinerary of the Risorgimento Museum obviously unfolds in the birthplace of Giuseppe Mazzini and includes documents, autographs, weapons, uniforms and flags as well as interesting artifacts with relics belonging to Bixio, Mameli and Garibaldi.

Museum of the Treasure of San Lorenzo Cathedral

The last stop of the six museums unfolds among the underground spaces of San Lorenzo Cathedral, which house silverware and masterpieces of goldsmithing and sacred art  from the 11th-19th century linked to the cult of the Cathedral and the history of Genoa. The Sacro Catino, the Byzantine Zaccaria Cross, and the Ark of the Ashes of Saint John the Baptist are just some of the extraordinary religious artifacts of inestimable value.

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