Museums in Bologna

The Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna is Emilia-Romagna's most important art gallery, housing Bolognese painting from the 13th to the early 19th century.

The Archiginnasio served as the main building of the University of Bologna from 1563 to 1803. Its walls, ceilings, and vaults are covered with over 7,000 coats of arms of former rectors and students.

Housed in the 15th-century Palazzo Ghisilardi-Fava, this museum contains one of Italy's finest collections of medieval art, with particular strength in funerary sculpture and arms.

The Museo della Musica occupies frescoed rooms of Palazzo Aldini Sanguinetti, displaying rare instruments, scores, and portraits from six centuries.

Museo di Palazzo Poggi is the University of Bologna's cabinet of wonders—scientific instruments, anatomical waxes, natural history specimens, and geographical maps accumulated over five centuries.

MAMbo is the city's leading contemporary art institution, housed in a converted 1915 municipal bakery, focusing on Italian and international art from World War II to the present.

Located at the Ducati factory in Borgo Panigale, this museum traces the history of one of the world's most iconic motorcycle brands from 1926 to today's MotoGP machines.

Bologna's Archaeological Museum houses one of the most important Etruscan collections in Italy, alongside Egyptian, Greek, and Roman artifacts.