Palazzo Madama is one of the most monumental buildings representative of Piedmont. Today, Palazzo Madama houses the Museum of Ancient Art, whose collections include more than 70,000 works dating from the Middle Ages to the Baroque: paintings, sculptures, illuminated manuscripts, ceramics and porcelain, gold and silverware, furniture and fabrics that bear witness to the richness and complexity production of ten centuries of Italian and European art.
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Palazzo Madama
Piazza Castello - 10122, Torino
Palazzo Madama is one of the most monumental buildings representative of Piedmont. Today, Palazzo Madama houses the Museum of Ancient Art, whose collections include more than 70,000 works dating from the Middle Ages to the Baroque: paintings, sculptures, illuminated manuscripts, ceramics and porcelain, gold and silverware, furniture and fabrics that bear witness to the richness and complexity production of ten centuries of Italian and European art.
OPENING HOURS:
Open from Tuesday to Saturday: 10am to 6pm; Sundays: 10am to 7pm. The ticket office closes an hour before closing time.
Closed Mondays.
Admission free on the first Tuesday of every month (if not holiday).
- Reservations must be made with a minimum of 1-day notice.
- Reserved tickets must be picked up no later than 30 minutes before the confirmed time slot. After this time, reservations will be canceled and you will lose the right to your tickets.
- Any change is subject to confirmation according to availability.
INFORMATION about access for visitors with limited mobility and disabilities:
Free loan of wheelchairs. Audio-guides for the visually impaired. The main entrance of the museum is accessible to wheelchairs. Free loan of wheelchairs. The opening of the doors of the entrance is manual thrust outwards. The museum has an elevator, complete with numbering in braille on the buttons inside and outside. There is a mobile lift on the ground floor to overcome some steps and access the Staffarda room. The museum has a dedicated tactile trail and audio guide prepared for the visually impaired. You are kindly asked to notify the museum about your visit by telephone to book the path and audio guides. It is also possible to book free guided tours for the visually impaired. There are mobile cards of deepening and multimedia along the exhibition.
Not professional photo shooting is allowed; however, in order to improve the comfort and tranquility of the visit, it is forbidden to use the flash.
Cancellation Policy:
- Cancellations and changes without penalty if communicated within 24 hours from the original booking
- For cancellations or changes up to 3 days before the date of the visit, the cost of the service is due as penalty
- For cancellation or changes from 3 days before the date of the visit, no refund of the ticket, service, or ancillary services such as guides or earphones will be granted.
- Any change is subject to confirmation according to availability.
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How to get there:
Palazzo Madama is in the center of Turin. Traffic is subject to restrictions in certain areas. Look at the City of Turin website for further information.
From the railway station:
Palazzo Madama is within walking distance from Porta Nuova (along Via Roma) and Porta Susa (along Via Garibaldi – about 2 km), or you can take a bus: routes 11, 12, 51, 55, 56, 61, 68; trams: routes 4, 13, 15, 18
Car parks
The car parks – for which a fee is charged – are in Piazza Castello (underground; “Torre Romana”), in Via Pietro Micca (underground) and in Piazza San Carlo (underground car park).
Before You Book
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IMPORTANT NOTE: The time you select on the order form is your preferred time. The closest available time, which can be anytime during opening hours on the selected date, will be automatically confirmed if your preferred time is no longer available.
Palazzo Madama: Civic Museum of Ancient Art
Palazzo Madama is a large historic palace, which now houses the collections of the Museo Civico d’Arte Antica, Turin’s municipal museum of ancient art. Your visit consists of two tours in one – you will learn about the history of the building as well as about the works of art it contains. The visit covers four floors, taking you on a journey through time.
In the basement, down by the Roman foundations, there is the Lapidario Medievale – the medieval stonework collection – with stone sculptures and jewelery. The ground floor is mainly devoted to the fifteenth-century castle and to the art of the Middle Ages and of the Renaissance. In the Treasure Tower, you will find the famous Portrait of a Man by Antonello da Messina. The Baroque rooms on the first floor contain the art of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, with paintings and with furniture by Pifetti and Prunotto in lavishly decorated settings. Lastly, on the second floor, you will be able to see the decorative arts of all ages – ceramics, ivories, jewelry, fabrics, glasswork, and much more.
Discover the works of great artists and craftsman, and understand the culture and artistic tastes of this Alpine and frontier region, which was governed for six centuries by the Savoy dynasty. The immense collections on this floor were initially set up by the first directors of the museum as a catalog of models for Piedmontese craftsmen, and they now form one of the greatest collections of the applied arts in Italy.
A complete, though not exhaustive visit takes at least an hour and a half.
Cancellation Policy
Once a confirmation code has been assigned to your reservation, we can refund the cost minus a service fee (reservation fee and online booking fee) for cancellations up to 3 business days before the event. Cancellations less than 3 days before your booked event and no-shows are not refundable.