Location: Ravenna
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10 Museums in Ravenna That You Shouldn't Miss
Ravenna once was the capital of the Byzantine Empire in Italy, and it still has amazing mosaics recalling that heritage. Also make sure you visit Dante's tomb, as well as the little pile of rubble where local residents hid his urn during WWII to prevent it from being damaged.
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1. Studio CaCO3
2. Il Planetario
3. Magazzeno Art Gallery
4. Archiepiscopal Museum
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4.5 based on 801 reviews
Archiepiscopal Museum and the Chapel of St. Andrew The Archbishop's Chapel of St. Andrew is guarded as a gemstone inside the Bishop's Palace. It was the private chapel of the bishops of Ravenna and it was built and decorated with mosaics from 494 till 519. Set up inside the rooms of the Bishop's Palace, the collection of the Archiepiscopal Museum contains epigraphs, the Cathedral treasure, remains of mosaics from the ancient Basilica of Ursus and above all the ivory throne of the bishop Maximian (6th century).
Reviewed By asiyahnoemik - Pula, Croatia
The significant and rich Archiepiscopal Museum here in Ravenna shows us the historical sequence of events and life in the city itself. It is located immediately next to the Baptistry of Neon and behind the Duomo of Ravenna, on the first and second floor of the Archiepiscopal Palace. The museum is very interesting with its artifacts and we are especially impressed with the chapel of Sant'Andrea, an early Christian oratory with Greek cross plan built between 494 and 519 AD in the time of Theodoric and decorated with wonderful mosaics. Archiepiscopal Chapel is the only existing archiepiscopal chapel of the early Christian era that has been preserved intact to the present day. It was erected by Bishop Peter II as a private oratory for Catholic bishops when Arianism was the main religion of the court. Originally dedicated to Christ, the chapel was then renamed and dedicated to Saint Andrew, whose relics were transported from Constantinople to Ravenna around the mid-6th century AD. Beautifully decorated chapel with extremely beautiful mosaics. Also of interest to us was the ivory throne of Maximian, one of the most famous carved ivory works of all times executed in the 6th century by Byzantine artists. Very interesting museum with valuable details.
5. Domus dei Tappeti di Pietra
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4.5 based on 688 reviews
Reviewed By donnads2016
One of the most impressive in situ displays of 5th-6th century floor mosaics. Just amazing to see up close. Recently discovered and meticulously excavated and maintained, well worth the visit! One of my top three favorite places in Ravenna.
6. Mar - Museo d'Arte della citta di Ravenna
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4.5 based on 229 reviews
Built in the early 16th century, the cloister of the Abbey of Saint Maria in Porto gets its name from the Loggia del Giardino, better known as the Loggetta Lombardesca, from the Campionese and Lombard workers, operating there under the direction of Tullio Lombardo. The original building underwent changes in its use and function from the period of the Napoleonic suppressions, up until its renovation in the early 1970s. The only things remaining of the original building are the cloister, with original renaissance proportions, the layout of spaces and the elegant loggia with five arches, which has become the monumental emergence and symbol of the entire complex. Currently, the Loggetta Lombardesca is home to the Art Museum of the city of Ravenna, since 2002 the Institution of the Municipality of Ravenna. With the creation of the Institution, the museum (which was already the Municipal Art Gallery) has relaunched its cultural activities. It has combined the already-consolidated activity of preservation and promotion of the patrimony with a well-structured cultural production, by creating the International Mosaic Documentation Centre, and also an exhibition activity, allowing the results of the most advanced scientific research to be divulged. The museum moves in various directions, in order to investigate art workshops, from the wide topics of contemporaneity in a historical perspective, to the frontiers of emerging creativity and from work to promote the patrimony to the recovery of material culture and manufactured articles.
Reviewed By VikingVagabond99 - Muscatine, United States
I agree with the review by Virginia H. I think we were possibly at this museum around the same time - maybe passed right by each other! The Chuck Close mosaic exhibit and the accompanying documentary movie were the highlight of my visit here to Ravenna. And, this museum has so much more than just mosaic art. There were beautiful (although, sadly, dirty and dusty) sculptures and, upstairs, lots more gorgeous art and sculptures. It just kept going on, and on! Take your time and savor it all! I could have done without the exhibit of plastic Lego sculptures, though. (I've seen the HUGE Lego displays at the Mall of America in Minneapolis, so I'm spoiled.)
7. Museo NatuRa
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4.5 based on 29 reviews
8. Lilith Studio Gallery
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4.5 based on 12 reviews
Lilith is a photo art gallery where Ravenna's ancient art and Ravenna's contemporary art meet each other. Exhibitions, workshops, meetings, fine art prints and books, unconventional postcards of the city.
9. CLASSIS RAVENNA - Museo della Citta e del Territorio
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4.5 based on 75 reviews
A pochi passi dalla Basilica di Sant’Apollinare sorge Classis Ravenna, l’ex Zuccherificio di Classe trasformato nel Museo della Città e del Territorio.
10. Museo Nazionale di Ravenna
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4.0 based on 219 reviews
Reviewed By 29gw
The museum is located in a beatiful building, and its collections cover all aspects of material culture in the history of the city
