Top 10 Museums in Vicenza, Veneto

Dainese ARchivio: Ideas, Technologies, People, Innovation. A permanent exhibit that presents the ideas, the people, and the projects, that have marked the progress made in the field of safety, sport performance, and design. Dainese ARchivio is an authentic experience, through which visitors can experiment and see first-hand the technologies and innovations that have marked the progress.

The mission of the Fondazione Coppola is to promote the visual languages of contemporary art, by focusing not only on acclaimed artists, but above all on emerging new talent. In 2018 Antonio Coppola, an entrepreneur, collector and art patron, established this foundation in the northern Italian city of Vicenza. The unique location of the Fondazione Coppola is the medieval tower of Porta Castello, known as the Torrione. Thanks to the initiatives and activities of the Fondazione Coppola the Torrione can now be visited by the public. Its recently restored rooms host exhibitions, events, activities and workshops dedicated to contemporary art, and are a place for the creation, study and criticism of visual art. Aiming to appeal to experts and connoisseurs, as well as enthusiastic young people, the Torrione will no doubt be a pole of attraction for art lovers for many generations to come.

The Palazzo Chiericati has been the historic home of the Civic Museum since 1855 and now houses the city's collections of paintings, sculptures and applied arts from the thirteenth to the twentieth centuries. A masterpiece of Palladio's early maturity (1550), the building not only has decorations from that period but also holds important documents on Vicenza's art history. The Museum of Palazzo Chiericati reopened the Palladian wing on December 2013, after the restoration works. On the main floor, the visitor can enjoy the works of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, contemporary to the construction of the building. The attic hosts the Bequest of Marquis Giuseppe Roi: his personal collection of paintings, drawings and engravings from the fifteenth to the twentieth century, set in a charming display of house-museum. On the ground floor the visitor can admire, in a temporary exhibition, a selection of masterpieces of the collection not currently on display: Paolo Veneziano, Memling, Montagna, Fogolino, Sansovino, Tintoretto, Maffei and Pittoni. In the basement are located the works donated to the museum by the sculptor Nereo Quagliato.

Venetian villa with superb frescoes of the most important Venetian painters of 18th century: Giambattista and Giandomenico Tiepolo. Still owned and inhabited by the Valmarana family, who bought it back in 1720. Open to the public for visits 7 days a week and available for events such as weddings, conferences, gala dinners, photo shooting, business presentations, concerts, representations, etc

Magnificent example of 14th century Gothic architecture in the heart of Vicenza. Palazzo da Schio, the Ca' d'Oro, is home to the important archaeological collection of Giovanni da Schio (1798-1868). Guided tours, hospitality, tastings, events, photo sets, gift shop.

Il Museo Diocesano è un giovane museo cittadino ospitato nel Palazzo Vescovile che si affaccia su Piazza Duomo. Conserva opere dall'epoca tardo antica al XVIII secolo con qualche pertinenza di età romana. Ospita un tessuto straordinario come Il Piviale dei Pappagalli, mantello appartenuto all'imperatore Federico II di Svevia, e lastre longobarde tra le più importanti in città. Tra le curiosità vi sono una collezioni di sfere di minerali raccolte dal vescovo Pietro G. Nonis e una ricchissima sezione dedicata all'arte nel mondo: dall'Africa, all'Oceania, dall'India al Sud America. Il Museo Diocesano gestisce, inoltre, le due aree archeologiche site in Piazza Duomo: l'area archeologica della Cattedrale (750 mq di scavo sotto al pavimento del duomo con tracce della domus ecclesiae e delle chiese che si sono succedute nel tempo) e il Criptoportico Romano (galleria di una domus augustea prefettamente conservata). Per le visite alle aree archeologiche rivolgersi alla biglietteria del Museo.

a museum-workshop: this new kind of museum features not only works of art but also the experts who describe them.a museum in movement: having installed the hardware (a system of dynamic lighting for the spaces, video projection systems, showcases, etc), each year the software will change, i.e. the contents, according to the state of progress in studies and research.a marvellous building: one of Palladio's finest palaces and the only one that he saw completed both as regards the architecture and decorations (causing the ruin of the patron, Montano Barbarano).an intellectual challenge: to take specialist knowledge out of the ivory tower and communicate it to a wider public in the museum and on the web.a far from impossible mission: recounting architecture to non-architects, not as a history of buildings but of the people who designed, built and communicated them; and showcasing architectural drawings, the tools that body forth ideas, alongside models, photographs and videos.the beginning of a journey: to explore Palladio's buildings in Vicenza (associated with the Palladio Museum thanks to the combined ticket "Vicenza città bellissima") and his villas in the Veneto countryside.a crossroads: a place where institutions and scholars from various parts of the world work together and present joint projects.