The 5 Best Museums to See in Viareggio

Explore Art and History in the Museums of Viareggio!

👉 Find out which are the best museums to see in Viareggio this year.

👉 Healthy cultural nourishment between relaxing days at the seaside or evenings in clubs, Visit a museum !

👉 In the article you will also find how to get to the museum starting from the Hotel Tahiti and the cost of the ticket .

Villa Argentina

Historic residence from 1926 built with Art Nouveau architecture with modernist influences, on the first floor you can find beautiful majolica and ceramics worked by Galileo Chini while on the ground floor you will find an exhibition of canvases by Giuseppe Biasi, halls and columns decorated with ceramics, mosaics and frescoes.

Outside there is a large and well-kept garden from which you can admire all the beauty of the villa.

Useful information:

👉 Opening hours Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 9.30/13.30 - 15.00/18.30
👉 Tuesday and Thursday 9.30/13.30
👉 Sunday 10.00/13.30 - 15.00/18.30
Closed on Mondays and holidays

FREE ADMISSION

Tel. 0584 1647600
Villa Argentina, Via Fratti corner of Via Vespucci, Viareggio

Lorenzo Viani Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art

The Municipal Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art of Viareggio (GAMC) is set up in the historic Palazzo delle Muse. The collection currently consists of over 3000 works by approximately 750 artists who are protagonists of 20th century art. There is also a significant presence of local authors or those who have had ties of various kinds with this land and works that have local landscapes as their subject. The GAMC owns the most important public collection of works by Lorenzo Viani, an original exponent of European Expressionism.

Useful information:

Summer Hours From 15 June to 31 August:? from Tuesday to Sunday 18:00 / 23:00

Monday closed

Winter timetable From 1 September to 14 June:

from Wednesday to Saturday 3.30pm/7.30pm
Sunday 09.30/13.30 – 15.30/19.30

Closed Monday and Tuesday

The ticket office closes half an hour early

Closing days: 1 January, 25 March (Patron), 1 May, 25 and 26 December

Rates

Ordinary ticket

Full price €8.00

Reduced €4.00

Single ticket :

• GAMC/Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art “Lorenzo Viani”
• Villa Paolina “Alberto Carlo Blanc” Archaeological and Human Museum
• Maritime Museum “Alberto Gianni”

GAMC @gamcviareggio
Location: Palace of the Muses | Mazzini Square
Telephone 0584 581118

Villa Paolina “Alberto Carlo Blanc” Archaeological and Human Museum

"Museums of musical instruments" Giovanni Ciuffreda

The Blanc Museum, founded in 1975, is dedicated to prehistory and illustrates the first forms of human life in northern Tuscany with finds, panels, dioramas and environmental reconstructions. The Ciuffreda Museum, unique in its kind, houses a rich collection of musical instruments mainly of ethnic origin. The atelier in which the painter Alfredo Catarsini worked for over fifty years has been rearranged in the north tower of the villa. The atelier can be visited upon reservation. The rooms of the former art gallery and the rooms of Paolina Bonaparte's monumental apartment, richly frescoed, are home to temporary exhibitions. The Blanc Museum has 9 exhibition rooms covering 236 m2 with a total of 433 pieces on display.

Useful information:

Summer opening hours From 15 June to 31 August:

from Tuesday to Sunday 18:00 / 23:00

Monday closed

Winter timetable From 1 September to 14 June:

from Wednesday to Saturday 3.30pm/7.30pm
Sunday 09.30/13.30 – 15.30/19.30? Closed Monday and Tuesday

The ticket office closes half an hour early

Closing days: 1 January, 25 March (Patron), 1 May, 25 and 26 December

Rates

Ordinary ticket

Full price €8.00

Reduced €4.00

Single ticket :

• GAMC/Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art “Lorenzo Viani”
• Villa Paolina “Alberto Carlo Blanc” Archaeological and Human Museum
• Maritime Museum “Alberto Gianni”

Location: Villa Paolina Bonaparte | Via Machiavelli, 2, 55049 Viareggio LU
Telephone 0584 944580

CARNIVAL MUSEUM

The historical story of the almost 150 years of the Viareggio Carnival through a selection of images to document its artistic evolution over the decades. The models instead to remember the places of the city where the Carnival grew , cradled by the dedication of its artists and the passion of the citizens. A timeline that starts from 1873 and reaches up to 2001, the year of inauguration of the Carnival Citadel , today a symbol of creativity, culture and history .

The new layout also includes spaces for temporary exhibitions. The first is dedicated to "Viareggio in Maschera", the magazine which since 1921 has published on paper, through photographs and documents, recounting the allegorical works of the Viareggio Carnival.

The Carnival Museum of Viareggio has obtained the recognition of the qualification of regional importance. The attribution, relating to the year 2020, belongs to the Tuscany Region.

Useful information:

OPENING TIME
From September 1st to May 31st
from Wednesday to Sunday 3-7pm
Saturday 9am-1pm and 3pm-7pm

From 1 June to 31 August
from Wednesday to Sunday 9am-1pm
Saturday 9am-1pm and 3pm-7pm

Holidays 2021/2022
Friday 24 December 9am-12pm
Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th December Closed
Wednesday 29th and Thursday 30th December 3-7pm
Friday 31 December 9am-12pm
Saturday 1 January Closed
Sunday 2 January 3-7pm

Easter Sunday and Easter Monday closed
Monday 25 April Open 9am-12pm
Sunday 1 May Open 9am-12pm
Thursday 2 June Open 9am-12pm

Rates

Full price €5.00
Reduced €3.00

Venue: Cittadella del Carnivale | via Santa Maria Goretti 5, 55049 Viareggio
Telephone 342.9207959

  "ALBERTO GIANNI" MARINE MUSEUM

The Maritime Museum is something magical, upon entering you understand how much love is dedicated to the sea and its peculiarities, to the lives lived and lost above and below its liquid surface. The museum is full of historical artefacts relating to the sea and has a list of all the long navigation gold medals of Viareggio and Versilia. Men who worked hard and many died for the love of the sea , of the stormy and dangerous life. The collection of tools for the construction and maintenance of ancient ships is very interesting. The side dedicated to the marine fauna of the Versilia coast is beautiful.

Useful information:

OPENING TIME
From September 1st to May 31st
from Wednesday to Sunday 3-7pm
Saturday 9am-1pm and 3pm-7pm

From 1 June to 31 August
from Wednesday to Sunday 9am-1pm
Saturday 9am-1pm and 3pm-7pm

Holidays 2021/2022
Friday 24 December 9am-12pm
Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th December Closed
Wednesday 29th and Thursday 30th December 3-7pm
Friday 31 December 9am-12pm
Saturday 1 January Closed
Sunday 2 January 3-7pm

Easter Sunday and Easter Monday closed
Monday 25 April Open 9am-12pm
Sunday 1 May Open 9am-12pm
Thursday 2 June Open 9am-12pm

Rates

Full price €5.00
Reduced €3.00

Location: "Alberto Gianni" Maritime Museum | Along the East Canal, 32Viareggio
Telephone 0584 371413

Bourbon villa

Villa Borbone is a historic and fascinating residence, immersed in the greenery of the Migliarino-San Rossore-Massaciuccoli Natural Park. Built in 1822 as a hunting lodge for the Duchess of Lucca Maria Luisa di Borbone, the villa hosted a court of sovereigns and nobles, and is now home to cultural events and shows. The villa consists of a central body and two lateral wings, connected by covered passages. The main facade is decorated with frames and coats of arms in white Carrara marble, while the mausoleum chapel houses the tombs of the Dukes of Bourbon-Parma. The rear garden, with the lemon house and the sound garden, offers an enchanting view of the Lucca scrub. Villa Borbone is an ideal place to discover the history, art and nature of Versilia

Address : Viale dei Tigli, 55049 Viareggio LU
Timetables :
Telephone : 0584 359950