Civic Medieval Museum

The fifteenth-century Ghisilardi Palace (or Ghisilardi Fava) houses the Civic Medieval Museum of Bologna and is itself a work of art, featuring Renaissance architectural works, including some beautiful frescoes by the Carracci brothers. The museum presents important collections, including that of Marquis Cospi, with natural and artificial wonders, the Marsili collection, an important collection of ancient weapons, and the Palagi collection, dating back to 1860. The works, displayed across three floors of the palace, in addition to the collections, range from the fourteenth to the seventeenth century and document the medieval history of Bologna, starting with the high medieval artifacts from the seventh to the ninth centuries. Notable are the funerary monuments of the doctors of the “Studio,” glass and ivory, illuminated manuscripts, sculptures and bronzes, books and religious objects.

museum information

MEDIEVAL CIVIC MUSEUM
Via Manzoni, 2 - 40121 Bologna
tel. 051 2193930
www.museibologna.it/arteantica/luoghi/53004/offset/0/id/36155

Opening hours

tuesday to sunday: 10 am–6:30 pm
Closed on Mondays (except public holidays), New Year’s Day, 1 May and Christmas Day. Early closing at 2 pm on 24 and 31 December

ENTRANCES

Free Card Musei Metropolitani Bologna and the first Sunday of the month
€ 5,00 full price | € 3,00 reduced

HOW TO GET TO THE MUSEUM
Location : Historic Center
From the FS Station and Bus Station:
on foot: from Piazza delle Medaglie d’Oro, continue along Via
Independence and near the San Pietro Cathedral
turn right onto Via Manzoni
by bus; lines 27, 11, and shuttle A, stops Independence
and San Pietro
Info Bus
Parking : paid parking in Piazza 8 Agosto

MEDIEVAL CIVIC MUSEUM
Via Manzoni,2