Museums

Castle Museums

Castle, symbol of the city, former seat of the Patriarch of Aquileia and the Venetian Lieutenant of the Homeland of Friuli, has been home to the Civic Museums since 1906.

The ground floor houses the Museum of Risorgimento and the Archaeological Museum, both of which are the result of a careful museographic selection accompanied by multimedia aids. On the main floor is the renovated Gallery of Ancient Art with valuable art works from the 14th to the 19th century, including paintings by Carpaccio, Caravaggio and Tiepolo. On the third floor you can admire the new Friulian Museum of Photography, with 19th and 20th century images by major photographers working in Friuli, including Agricola, Pignat and Brisighelli.

Do not miss the opportunity to visit the exhibition 'A cosmopolitan architect at home, Raimondo D'Aronco in Friuli', open until 8 January 2023.

Udine Castle

Piazzale della Patria del Friuli, 1

Opening hours:

Tuesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Closed Mondays

Cavazzini House

Bequeathed to the city by Dante Cavazzini in his will, Casa Cavazzini is home to Udine's Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art.

The first and second floors of the building house the permanent exhibition: the Marangoni Collection with works from the late 19th and early 20th century, a section dedicated to the three brothers Dino, Mirko and Afro Basaldella from Udine, and the valuable Astaldi Collection with works by Italian and foreign artists from the 1920s to the 1960s.

The exhibition 'CONTRAPPUNTO 02. Ten Artists, the Museum, the Work' is currently ongoing until 23 October 2022.

Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art

Via Cavour, 14

Opening hours:

Tuesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Closed Mondays

Ethnographic Museum

One of the most beautiful museums dedicated to Friulian popular traditions, recently reopened, where you can find splendid collections of sacred art, related to peasant work, old trades, the mountains, traditional festivals, teaching, in a cross-section of Friulian life that the Ciceri couple gave to the City of Udine twenty years ago.

The exhibition 'Embroidery, a Thread between Present and Past' is currently open until 25 September 2022.

Ethnographic Museum

Via Grazzano, 1

Opening hours:

Friday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Closed Monday to Thursday

Antonio Colutta Apothecary Museum

A treasure chest of local culture and traditions. The historic apothecary's shop "Antonio Colutta" has preserved its antique wooden cabinets and original artifacts, giving an insight into the history of the first specialised pharmacies.

Antonio Colutta Apothecary Museum

Piazza Garibaldi, 1

Opening hours:
Open on 7, 8, 9 September
from 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Free admission