City: Umbria
What to do and see in Umbria, Italy: The Best Art Museums
Umbria (/ˈʌmbriə/ UM-bree-ə; Italian pronunciation: [ˈumbrja]), is one of the twenty regions of Italy, located in central Italy. It is the only Italian region having neither a coastline nor a border with other countries. It includes the Lake Trasimeno, Marmore's Falls, and is crossed by the River Tiber. The regional capital is Perugia. Umbria is known for its landscapes, traditions, history, culinary delights, artistic legacy, and influence on culture.
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1. Mostra permanente Pietro Pecorari
2. Museo-Laboratorio di Vetrate Artistiche Moretti Caselli
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5.0 based on 187 reviews
Museo Laboratorio Moretti Caselli making and restoration of stained glass windows and of works of artSince 1860, for five generations, a family of artists has been making painted and baked stained-glass windows in the historic centre of Perugia.The Moretti Caselli Studio is located in a fifteenth-century residence that once belonged to the Baglioni family.Visitors can plunge into history and the activity of the past by enjoying guided visits by appointment.
Reviewed By ChrisJaytravels
Excellent and interesting to see the history of the workshop see the works and then walk one block over and SEE some of restored glass in the church. Amazing and interesting!
3. Fondazione Marini Clarelli Santi - Casa Museo degli Oddi
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5.0 based on 144 reviews
The Palazzo degli Oddi, then Clarelli Marini, today House Museum is located in the heart of the city of Perugia in the area where there were already in the medieval era homes of the family, in one of the five most important streets leading to the main square. The palace was built around the middle of the sixteenth century and was inhabited until the middle of nineteenh century. The last owner, the Marchioness Barbara Marini Clarelli, painter, restorer and expert in local history, for testamentary disposition wanted it to be set up a foundation that would combine his name with that of her beloved husband, the famous art historian Francesco Santi in such a way that the Palace could be made accessible and could become a place of study for the history of degli Oddi family, one of the oldest Italian nobility that significantly had a significant influence on the history of Perugia during the Middle Ages. Today the House Museum still bears historical furnishings.
4. Collegio del Cambio
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4.5 based on 230 reviews
Perugia's Exchange Guild, the home of the region's money changers, dates from the thirteenth-century and boasts some of Italy's best preserved Renaissance frescoes painted by Perugino.
Reviewed By 58philipp - Herentals, Belgium
Impressive historical place. Excellent to have the old (very) coins on display. Beautifully decorated.
5. Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria
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4.5 based on 825 reviews
Reviewed By juanmiguelk2018 - San Jose, Costa Rica
An art museum mainly about Medieval and Renaissance art (mainly religious) and some Baroque art. Has amazing art by Perugino and Piero della Francesca, most sees,even if focusing on the main artists will mean a short 1 and half hour visit. It is true is has few explanations, and fewer in english.The explanations are way too technical (I speak italian) Not for first timers, for avid museum goers.
6. Fondazione Palazzo Albizzini Collezione Burri
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4.5 based on 258 reviews
7. Pinacoteca di Palazzo Vitelli alla Cannoniera
8. Museo Civico Archeologico e Pinacoteca Edilberto Rosa
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4.5 based on 57 reviews
Reviewed By Alastair796 - Stockport, United Kingdom
This museum has many Roman artefacts and a lot of stone retrieved from the Roman town that became modern Amelia but the principal exhibit is a life size bronze statue of Germanicus. This lay buried (and therefore squashed) until 1963 but sufficiently intact to allow reconstrucion of virtually the whole thing. Those pieces that won't fit are displayed separately. How it has escaped being hauled off to at least a provinvial if not national museum seems incredible - it really has to be seen to be believed. A short film (available in English) explains the full history, both of the man and the statue. We were in the museum for well over an hour and saw no other visitors - early September so outside school holidays but this does deserve to be better known.
9. Museo del Merletto
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4.5 based on 48 reviews
10. Museo Diocesano e Cripta di San Rufino
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4.5 based on 36 reviews
The Diocesan Museum, established in 1941, preserves and valorizes the outstanding artistical heritage of the Diocese and the Cathedral, from the point of view of both its historical and religious importance. The architectural context, merged with the artworks' beauty, completes this meaningsful spiritual experience. The Crypt is one of the places of workship, where st. Francis used to go and pray.
