Visit to the Ottocento Museum in Bologna

The Ottocento Museum in Bologna is situated at Piazza San Michele 4/C, opposite Corte Isolani, on Strada Maggiore – the thoroughfare linking the International Museum and Library of Music, the Davia Bargellini Museum, Casa Morandi and the Civic Museum of the Risorgimento. The museum comprises 12 exhibition sections with a permanent collection of 100 works organised into thematic groups, including oil paintings, watercolours, drawings and sketches, documenting the main stylistic movements of the ‘long century’ as seen through the eyes of artists from the Bologna area.

The museum is also a research centre and organises temporary exhibitions and events.

The Museo Ottocento Bologna is sponsored by the Municipality of Bologna and forms part of a nationwide project aimed at fostering dialogue with leading Italian institutions, such as the Giovanni Boldini Museum and the Museo dell’Ottocento in Ferrara, the Giovanni Fattori Civic Museum in Livorno, the Revoltella Museum in Trieste, the GAM – Galleria d’Arte Moderna in Milan, the Divisionismo Pinacoteca Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio in Tortona, and the Museo dell’Ottocento Fondazione Di Persio-Pallotta in Pescara.

The exhibition programme at the Museo Ottocento Bologna begins around the middle of the century, exploring the region’s artistic developments through works by Bolognese artists such as Giovanni Paolo Bedini, Luigi Busi, Fabio Fabbi, Mario De Maria, Alfredo Protti and many others, delving into the pivotal period between the late 18th century in Bologna and the 20th century of Giorgio Morandi, featuring works of international excellence.

From Neo-Pompeian painting to Naturalism, from Orientalism to Symbolism, featuring works exhibited at the Venice Biennale, a selection dedicated to Gabriele d’Annunzio and connections with Decadentism.

The final section covers early 20th-century Secessionism and the emergence of the ‘Maestro di via Fondazza’.

Full price: €12 (with the option of a guided tour in Italian or English included)

Reduced price (Card Cultura and Bologna Welcome Card holders): €10 (with the option of a guided tour in Italian or English included)

Reduced price: €10 (over-65s, students, groups, children aged 6 and over, teachers, journalists)

Students at the University of Bologna/Academy of Fine Arts: €6

Free: Tour guides; people with disabilities and their carers

Services included:

Admission ticket to the Museo Ottocento Bologna

Non-profit project. Proceeds will go towards scholarships for scholars specialising in this period.

Entrance:

Piazza San Michele 4/C

40125 - Bologna

Before booking, please bear in mind that:

The voucher you purchase entitles you to entry to the museum during the first available visiting slot on the selected day. Simply present the voucher you received by email at the ticket office to collect your admission ticket. The ticket office closes half an hour before the museum closes.

Refund and changes:

In the event of cancellation, the ticket is non-refundable.

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