Top Ten Italian Museums According to Trip Advisor Users
Always a favorite, the Uffizi Gallery houses an impressive collection of works of art, including world-famous masterpieces such as Botticelli’s Birth of Venus and Primavera.
The recently renovated Egyptian Museum of Turin is one of the largest repositories of Egyptian antiquities in the world, with more than 30,000 items on display.
The Accademia Gallery is home to Michelangelo’s David, as well as other sculptures by Michelangelo and a collection of Florentine paintings from the 15th and 16th centuries.
The world-famous Vatican Museums, home to the Sistine Chapel, display works from the immense collection built up by the Popes through the centuries, which includes some of the most renowned classical sculptures and masterpieces of Renaissance art.
The Borghese Gallery houses one of Rome’s greatest art collections, with paintings and sculptures by major Italian artists, including Caravaggio, Raphael, Titian, Bernini and Canova, among others (in the photo: Paolina Bonaparte by Canova).
The National Museum of Cinema, located inside Turin's Mole Antonelliana tower, features among the world's most important film museums, with a large collection and themed exhibitions.
Castel Sant’Angelo, originally commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum for himself and his family, was later used by the popes, who connected it to St Peter's Basilica by a covered fortified corridor called the Passetto di Borgo.
The Peggy Guggenheim Collection is a modern art museum on the Grand Canal in the Dorsoduro sestiere of Venice, and one of the city’s most visited attractions. The collection includes the works of prominent Italian futurists and American modernists.
The National Automobile Museum inTurin has a collection of almost 200 cars from 80 automobile brands. The museum's collection includes the first Italian cars, a Bernardi from 1896 and a Fiat from 1899, and racing cars by Ferrari and Alfa Romeo.
Designed by Renzo Piano, Italy's newest science museum, the MUSE of Trento is a cutting-edge museum exploring topics from the birth of the solar system to Alpine eco-systems, sustainability and global warming.
Trip Advisor has released its annual list of the best museums in Italy and around the world according to its users (Travelers' Choice Awards). Using an algorithm that takes into consideration the quantity and quality of the reviews uploaded by worldwide users and collected over a period of 12 months, the travel website company has determined the highest rated museums.
The list is interesting because, besides the usual acclaimed museums, such as the Uffizi and Accademia galleries in Florence or the Vatican Museums in Rome, it also features lesser-known cultural institutions that often tend to be overlooked, especially by foreign visitors.
We report the list below hoping to inspire your curiosity and to encourage you to venture off the beaten track.
