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Museum and main attractions timetables during 2025/26 holidays of Bologna
Updated on 02 December 2025
Many of the city’s museums and main attractions will remain open during the Bologna Holiday Season, offering tourists and residents the opportunity to spend a few hours exploring Bologna’s rich historical and cultural heritage.
Museums, main attractions and infopoint opening hours in Bologna during 2025–2026 Christmas, New Year’s and Epiphany holidays:
Opening hours of museums, attractions, exhibition palaces and tourist transport from December 8, 2025 to January 6, 2026:
- Casa di Lucio Dalla
Open: until December 21, from January 3
Closed: from December 21 to January 2 - Casa Morandi
Closed: December 25, January 1 - Church of Santa Maria della Vita | Lamentation over the Dead Christ
Open: December 8, January 1 and 6: 10:00 am–6:30 pm; December 24 and 31: 10:00 am–5:00 pm; December 25 and 26: 10:00 am–6:30 pm - City Red Bus
Operating every day (including holidays): 10:00 am–5:00 pm - Municipal Art Collections
Open: December 8, 26 and January 6: 10:00 am–7:00 pm; January 1: 12:00 pm–7:00 pm; December 24 and 31: 10:00 am–2:00 pm
Closed: December 25 - Collection of Anatomical Wax Models "Luigi Cattaneo"
Open: December 8, 26, 27 and 28; January 3, 4 and 6: 10:00 am–6:00 pm
Closed: non-holiday Mondays, December 24 and 25, 2025, January 1, 2026 - Collection of Comparative Anatomy
Closed: from December 1, 2025 to January 6, 2026 - Collection of Anatomy of Domestic Animals
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays and holidays; December 22, 2025–January 6, 2026 - Collection of Pathological Anatomy and Veterinary Teratology "Alessandrini Ercolani"
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays and holidays; December 22, 2025–January 6, 2026 - Collection of Anthropology
Closed: from December 1, 2025 to January 6, 2026 - Geology Collection "Museo Giovanni Capellini"
Open: December 8 and 26: 10:00 am–6:00 pm
Closed: non-holiday Mondays, December 24 and 25, January 1, 2026 - Zoology Collection
Open: December 8 and 26: 10:00 am–6:00 pm
Closed: non-holiday Mondays, December 24 and 25, 2025, January 1, 2026 - MAMbo - Museum of Modern Art of Bologna
Open: December 8, 26 and January 6: 10:00 am–7:00 pm; January 1: 12:00 pm–7:00 pm; December 24 and 31: 10:00 am–2:00 pm
Closed: December 25 - Civic Archaeological Museum
Open: December 8, 26 and January 6: 10:00 am–7:00 pm; January 1: 12:00 pm–7:00 pm; December 24 and 31: 10:00 am–2:00 pm
Closed: December 25 - Civic Museum of Industrial Art and Davia Bargellini Gallery
Closed: December 25, January 1 - Civic Museum of the Risorgimento
Open: December 8, 26 and January 6: 10:00 am–7:00 pm; December 24 and 31: 10:00 am–2:00 pm
Closed: December 25, January 1 - Civic Medieval Museum
Open: December 8, 26 and January 6: 10:00 am–7:00 pm; December 24 and 31: 10:00 am–2:00 pm; January 1: 12:00 pm–7:00 pm
Closed: December 25 - Museum of the Industrial Heritage
Open: 8th, 26th December, 6th January: 10am-7pm, 24th and 31st December: 10am-2pm
Closed: 25th December, 1st January - Museum of the History of Bologna
Open: December 24 and 31: 10:00 am–2:00 pm; January 1: 11:00 am–7:00 pm; January 6: 10:00 am–7:00 pm.
Closed: December 25 - Palazzo Poggi Museums
Open: December 8 and 26: 10:00 am–6:00 pm
Closed: non-holiday Mondays, December 24 and 25, January 1, 2026 - European Students' Museum - MEUS
Open: December 8 and 26: 10:00 am–6:00 pm
Closed: non-holiday Mondays, December 24 and 25, January 1, 2026 - International Museum and Library of Music
Open: December 8, 26 and 6: 10:00 am–7:00 pm; December 24 and 31: 10:00 am–2:00 pm
Closed: December 25, January 1 - Morandi Museu
Open: December 8, 26 and January 6: 10:00 am–7:00 pm; January 1: 12:00 pm–7:00 pm; December 24 and 31: 10:00 am–2:00 pm
Closed: December 25 - Museum for the Memory of Ustica
Open: December 8, 26 and January 6: 10:00 am–7:00 pm; December 24 and 31: 10:00 am–2:00 pm
Closed: December 25, January 1 - Botanical Garden
Open: December 8 and 26: 10:00 am–3:00 pm
Closed: non-holiday Mondays, December 24 and 25, January 1, 2026 - Palazzo dell'Archiginnasio and Anatomical Theatre
Open: December 8 and 26 and January 2–10: 10:00 am–6:00 pm; December 24 and 31: 10:00 am–1:00 pm; January 1: 12:00 pm–6:00 pm
Closed: December 25 - Palazzo Fava
Open: December 8, 25, 26, January 1 and 6: 10:00 am–7:00 pm; December 24 and 31: 10:00 am–5:00 pm - Palazzo Pepoli Campogrande (Art Gallery)
Closed for renovation until spring 2026 - Palazzo Pepoli
Open: December 24 and 31: 10:00 am–2:00 pm; January 1: 11:00 am–7:00 pm; January 6: 10:00 am–7:00 pm
Closed: December 25 - National Art Gallery of Bologna
Open: December 8 and January 5, 6: 9:00 am–7:00 pm
Closed: December 25, January 7 - San Colombano. Tagliavini Collection
Open: December 8, 26, January 1 and 6: 11:00 am–6:00 pm; December 24 and 31: 10:00 am–5:00 pm
Closed: December 25 - San Giorgio in Poggiale - Art and History Library
Closed: from 24 December to 7 January - San Luca Express
Operating every day (including holidays): 9:45 am–5:20 pm - Clock Tower Visit
Open: every day 10:00 am–6:20 pm; December 24 and 31: 10:00 am–4:20 pm
Closed: December 25
Opening Hours of Tourist Infopoints & Museum Bookshops:
- Bologna Welcome – Infopoint Piazza Maggiore (IAT-R)
Mon–Sat: 10am–7pm
Sun: 10am–5pm
Closed: 25 December
Address: Piazza Maggiore, 1/E - eXtraBO – Outdoor Infopoint
Mon–Sat: 10am–7pm
Sun: 10am–5pm
Closed: 25 December
Address: Piazza del Nettuno, 1/ab - MAMbo – Museum of Modern Art of Bologna – Tourist Infopoint & Museum Bookshop
8, 26 December and 6 January: 10am–7pm
1 January: 12pm–7pm
24 and 31 December: 10am–2pm
Closed: 25 December
Address: Via Don Giovanni Minzoni, 14 - Civic Archaeological Museum – Tourist Infopoint & Museum Bookshop
8, 26 December and 6 January: 10am–7pm
1 January: 12pm–7pm
24 and 31 December: 10am–2pm
Closed: 25 December
Address: Via dell'Archiginnasio, 2 - Archiginnasio Palace – Tourist Infopoint & Museum Bookshop
8 and 26 December and 2–3–5–6–7–8–9–10 January: 10am–6pm
24 and 31 December: 10am–1pm
1 January: 12pm–6pm
Closed: 25 December
Address: Piazza Galvani, 1 - Palazzo Pepoli – Tourist Infopoint & Museum Bookshop
24 and 31 December: 10am–2pm
1 January: 11am–7pm
6 January: 10am–7pm
Closed: 25 December
Address: Via Castiglione, 10 - National Art Gallery of Bologna – Tourist Infopoint & Museum Bookshop
8 December: 9am–7pm
Tue–Sun: 9am–7pm
Address: Via delle Belle Arti, 56
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