Museums in Umbria
Updated 15 August 2020
Umbria is a spectacular treasure trove of art and history from our Roman ruins and storied Medieval towns to our great Cathedrals and intimate chapels bursting with Renaissance masterpieces. Listed below are many of the places well worth your time.
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Museums in Perugia
Perugia, the largest and most important city in Umbria, is home to an amazing amount of art and a wide selection of museums, both large and small. The National Painting Gallery is the most important collections and should not be missed. Likewise, the Capitol Museum, located behind the bell tower of San Lorenzo, offers a wonderful underground tour of the are surrounding the Cathedral.
CAPITOLAR MUSEUM
Museum of the Cathedral with underground tour
Piazza IV Novembre: entrance at Cathedral’s upper cloister
075 5724853
GALLERIA NAZIONALE DI UMBRIA
The National Gallery of Umbria
Corso Vannucci, 19 Palazzo dei Priori
075 5721009 – 075 58668415
CAPPELLA DI SAN SEVERO
Chapel containing the only Raphael in Perugia
Piazza Raffaello (near the Porta Sole)
075 9471766
MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO NAZIONALE DELL’UMBRIA
Archeological Museum of Umbria
Piazza Giordano Bruno, 10
075 5727141
COLLEGIO DEL CAMBIO
15th-century Guild office frescoed by Perugino
Corso Vannucci, 25
075 5728599
PALAZZO BALDESCHI AL CORSO
Palace museum
Corso Vannucci, 66
075 5724563
Corso Pietro Vannucci, 19
Extraordinary Museums and workshops
GIUDITTA BROZZETTI
Studio specializing in Jacquard weaving of Renaissance designs
Via T. Berardi, 5/6
39 07540236 For appointment
STUDIO MORETTI CASELLI
Stained glass studio
via Fatebenefratelli 2
Email for an appointment
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Etruscan and Roman Sites/Museums
Discover Umbria’s roots with our many ancient sites. Explore an Etruscan tomb, walk a Roman road, marvel at Roman mosaics, or step inside an ancient temple. Truly amazing things await you.
BETTONA
• Etruscan walls (Near main entrance to historic center)
Etruscan tomb (located in Colle at base of hill up to Bettona)
• Museo della Città
Piazza Cavour, 3
075 987 347
BEVAGNA
• Roman Bath
Via delle Terme Romane, 2A
39 0742 360031
CAMPELLO SUL CLITUNNO
• Tempietto del Clitunno
Via del Tempio, 1 Loc. Pissignano
074 327 5085
CANNARA
• Museo Città di Cannara
Via del Convitto, 20
074 261 5300
CARSULAE
• Area archeologica di Carsulae
Roman town
Strada di Carsoli, 8 – 05100 Terni
074 433 4133
COLLEMANCIO
• Urvinum Hortense
Within the village of Collemancio
CORCIANO
• Antiquarium – Corciano
• Strozzacapponi Necropolis
Località Strozzacapponi – Via Einaudi
GUBBIO:
• Roman Theatre
Via del Teatro Romano
• Palazzo dei Consoli
Where the Eugubian tablets can be found
SIGNILLO (near Gubbio)
• Spiano Bridge
ORVIETO
• Museo Archeologico Nazionale
Piazza del Duomo
076 334 1039
• Etruscan Underground
Tkts: Piazza Duomo 23
OTRICOLI
Parco Archeologico Di Otricoli
Via Vittorio EmanueleII 13/15, Otricoli
PERUGIA
• Arco Etrusco
Via Ulisse Rocchi, 39
• Capitolar Museum
Museum of the Cathedral with underground tour
Piazza IV Novembre: entrance at Cathedral’s upper cloister
075 5724853
• Pozzo Etrusco
Etruscan well
Piazza Danti, 18
075 5733669
PONTE SAN GIOVANI
• Ipogeo dei Volumni
Etruscan cemetery
Via Assisana, 53 – Ponte San Giovanni – town just to the east of the center of Perugia. Well worth the visit.
075 393329
SAN GIUSTINO
Villa Graziani housing artifacts excavated from Pliny the Younger’s 1st-century villa
SPELLO
• Porta Consolare
• Torri di Propertius
• Villa dei Mosaici di Spello
Villa of Mosaics
Via Paolina Schicchi Fagotti, 7
074 230 1909
SPOLETO:
• Domus (Roman house)
Largo Ferrer 6/7
• Roman Amphitheatre
Via Sant’Agata 18A – Via delle Terme
074 322 3277
• Museo Archeologico Statale di Spoleto
State Archeological Museum
Piazza del Duomo – Acquasparta
076 334 1039
• San Salvatore
Via S. Salvatore Basilica (Outside the walls)
TERNI
• Anfiteatro Fausto
Via del Vescovado
074 427 9976
• Archeology Museum
Nearby in le Marche:
• Domus del Mito
Pesero, Urbino
Umbria Terre Museums
A dozen small Civic museums where visitors may use their ticket at any other museum in the group for two days. Interesting collections often include works from local churches.
AMELIA:
074 497 8120
• Archaeological Museum and Picture Gallery
Piazza Augusto Vera, 10
• The Roman cistern
Piazza Giacomo Matteotti
• Palazzo Petrignani
Via del Duomo, 22
Discover Amelia
BETTONA
• Museo della Città
Piazza Cavour, 3
075 987 347
Discover Bettona
BEVAGNA
• Museo Civico
Corso Giacomo Matteotti, 72
074 236 0081
Discover Bevagna
CANNARA
• Museo Città di Cannara
Via del Convitto, 20
074 261 5300
Discover Cannara
CASCIA
• Chiesa di Sant’Antonio Abate
Via Leonina Porta, 1
074 375 1010
• Museo Comunale di Palazzo Santi
Via Giuseppe Martelli, 4
074 375 1010
Discover Cascia
DERUTA
• Museo Regionale della Ceramica
Largo San Francesco
075 971 1000
• Pinacoteca Comunale
Piazza dei Consoli, 12
075 971-1000
Discover Deruta
MARSCIANO
• Museo Dinamico del Laterizia e delle Terrecotte
Piazza S. Giovanni
075 874 1152
Discover Marsciano
MONTEFALCO
• Complex is the Church of San Francesco
Via Ringhiera Umbra, 6
074 237 9598
Discover Montefalco
MONTONE
• Complesso Museale di San Francesco
Via S. Francesco, 4
075 930 6535
Discover Montone
SPELLO
• Pinacoteca Civica e Diocesana
Piazza Giacomo Matteotti, 10
074 230 1497
Discover Spello
TREVI
• Raccolta d’arte di San Francesco e Museo della Civiltà dell’Ulivo
Largo Don Giovanni Bosco
074 238 1628
Discover Trevi
UMBERTIDE
• Museo di Santa Croce
Piazza S. Francesco, 1
075 942 0147
Discover Umbertide
Other museums and places with great works of art
This page is a work in progress — 1 July 2020
Northern Umbria
CITTA DI CASTELLO
• Pinacoteca Comunale
Palazzo Vitelli alla Cannoniera
Via della Cannoniera, 22/A
Tel. 075 8520656 – 075 8554202
GUBBIO
• Palazzo dei Consoli / Civic Museum
Piazza Grande
Central Umbria
ASSISI
• Basilica di San Francesco
Frescoes by Giotto, Lorenzetti, Martini, Cimabue
Read about it on Wikipedia
SPELLO
• Santa Maria Maggiore Cappella Baglioni, Frescoes by Pinturicchio
MONTEFALCO
• Complex is the Church of San Francesco
Via Ringhiera Umbra, 6
074 237 9598
Discover Montefalco
Near Lago Trasimeno
CASTIGLIONE DEL LAGO
• Palazzo della Corgna
Piazza Antonio Gramsci, 1
PANICALE
• Church of San Sebastiano
Piazza Regina Margherita, 3
Southern Umbria
CITTÀ DELLA PIEVE
• Church of Santi Gervasio e Protasio
Piazza Gramsci
SPOLETO
• Santa Maria Maggiore, Duomo
Frescoes by Filippo Lippi
Read about Spoleto
Important Churches, Monasteries, Convents, and beautiful sites
Umbria is filled with religious buildings and complexes, many of which are open to the public and where you will find very few tourists. Some contain great cloisters, frescoed chapels, and all-round spectacular architecture. The many churches of Umbria are where you can truly experience great art as it was meant to be experienced. From the intimate to the monumental, the churches, monasteries, and convents of Umbria offer up their art to all who avail themselves of it. Here are some of my favorites:
This page is a work in progress — 15 August 2020
Northern Umbria
CITTA DI CASTELLO
• Santuario della Madonna di Belvedere
Piazza Gabriotti 1
Telefono 075 85.291
Discover Città di Castello
UMBERTIDE
• Abbey of Monte Corona
Località Badia di Monte Corona
GUBBIO
• Basilica of
via Monte Ingino, 5
• Cattedrale e Museo Ducale
Via Ducale
Central Umbria
ASSISI
• Basilica di San Francesco
Piazza Inferiore di S. Francesco, 2
Frescoes by Giotto, Lorenzetti, Martini, Cimabue
• Santa Chiara
Piazza Santa Chiara, 1
• Santa Maria Sopra Minerva
Piazza del Comune, 14
• San Pietro
Romanesque architecture
• Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli /
• Porziuncola
Piazza Porziuncola, 1
Located at the base of Assisi, best frescoes are by Lo Spagna and Perugino
• Ermo delle Carceri
Via Eremo delle Carceri
• Church of San Damiano
Via San Damiano, 85
BEVAGNA:
• San Francesco
Vicolo S. Francesco, 13
• San Michele
Piazza Filippo Silvestri, 7
• San Silvestro
Via S. Filippo, 1
BETTONA
• Villa Boccaglione
SP403, Passaggio di Bettona
DERUTA
• San Francesco
Piazza dei Consoli, 21
• Santuario Madonna del Bagno
Strada St. E 7
FOGLINO
• San Feliciano (Duomo)
Largo Giosuè Carducci
• Sassovivo
via Sassovivo, 2
• Palazzo Trinci
Piazza della Repubblica, 25
MONTEFALCO
• Church of San Francesco
Museum with fresco cycle by Benozzo Gozzoli
• Convent of San Marco
14 Viale Augusto Ciuffelli
Frescoes by Lo Spagna
PANICALE
• Church of San Sebastiano
Piazza Regina Margherita, 3
• San Michele Arcangelo
Piazza S. Michele, 1A
PERUGIA
• Fontana maggiore
Piazza IV Novembre
• San Lorenzo (Duomo)
Piazza IV Novembre
• San Michele ArcAngelo
Via del Tempio
• San Bernardino
Sculpture by Duccio
• San Domenico
Corso Cavour
• Sant’Ercolano
Scalette di Sant’Ercolano
+39 0755722297
• San Filippo Neri
Via della Stella
• Abbazia di San Pietro
Borgo XX Giugno
• Rocca Paolina
Piazza Italia
• San Severo Chapel
Porta Sole
Raffaello/Perugino altarpiece
SPELLO
• Santa Maria Maggiore
Pinturicchio – Baglioni Chapel
• San Andrea Apostolo
Pintoricchio altarpiece
• Villa Fidelia
Baroque villa with Italian garden
TREVI
• Sanctuary of SM della Lacrime
SP425, 2
• Convento di San Marco
TODI
• S. Maria della Consolazione
Viale Consolazione
• S.Maria Annunziata (Duomo)
Piazza del Popolo, 1
• San Fortunato
Piazza Umberto I
• SS Crocifissso
Via del Crocefisso, 10
ORVIETO
• Duomo (Santa Maria Assunta)
Piazza del Duomo, 26
Southern Umbria
• AMELIA
• Clituno Springs
Via Flaminia, 7, 06042 Campello Sul Clitunno PG
• Pissignano
Viale Settecamini
SPOLETO
• Santa Maria Assunta (Duomo)
Piazza Mario Salmi,1
• San Pietro ex Moenia
Strada Provincial 462
• San Salvatore
Piazza Mario Salmi,1
• San Ponziano
Piazza Mario Salmi,1
• Sant Eufemia (Diocesan Musuem)
TERNI
• Basilica San Valentino
Viale Papa Zaccaria, 12