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Today 11 November the Palazzo Mansi Museum closes at 5 pm.
Dear Visitor,
thank you for visiting us.
Two extraordinary openings at the National Museums of Lucca for the new edition of GEP2021- European Heritage Days:
On Saturday 4, 11 and 18 September 2021 the National Museums of Lucca, Palazzo Mansi and Villa Guinigi on the occasion of the celebrations of the "September of Lucca" will be open to the public also in the evening from 7.30pm to 10.30pm and on Monday
Saturday 3 July for "European Museum Night" the National Museums of Lucca will exceptionally remain open in the evening from 7.30pm to 10.30pm, ticket of 1 euro (in addition to the free admissions provided).
The National Museums of Lucca open to the public on Tuesday 4 May 2021
From Sunday 14 February 2021, the National Museums of Lucca, Palazzo Mansi and Villa Guinigi, will close for the next two weeks.
National Museum of Villa Guinigi
Via della Quarquonia, 55100 Lucca
Telephone: 0583-496033
DPCM 3/12/2020:
The National Museums of Villa Guinigi and Palazzo Mansi will be closed to the public
from 6 November to 3 December 2020, due to the COVID-19 emergency
New opening hours from 1 October 2020
GEP 2020 - European Heritage Days
Opening hours and admission Saturday 26 September:
The National Museums of Lucca Villa Guinigi and Palazzo Mansi will also be open on Saturday 15 August.
From 1 July 2020 National museums of Lucca are open.
Due to COVID-19 emergency and to ensure everyone’s safety, the entrance to Musei nazionali di Lucca is allowed to a limited number of visitors.
cinemas, theaters, museums, archaeological parks, archives and libraries are closed throughout Italy.
Every year, the Italian Ministry for cultural heritage and activities takes part in the European Heritage Days, a project promoted since 1991 by the European Council and by the European Commission, with the aim of improving and encouraging dialogue and exchange betwe
National Museums of Lucca, Palazzo Mansi and Villa Guinigi, will be open to the public Thursday 15 August 2019, hours: one entry at 9.30 am (admission is allowed only at the time indicated)
For the day of San Paolino, Friday 12 July 2019, the National Museums of Lucca, Palazzo Mansi and Villa Guinigi will be closed to the public.
Saturday 22 June, Thursday 11 and Saturday 13 July the National Museums of Lucca, Villa Guinigi and Palazzo Mansi will also be open in the evening, in addition to the normal time, from 7.30 pm to 10.30 pm (last admission 10).
From Thursday 6 June 2019 the National Museums of Lucca, Palazzo Mansi and Villa Guinigi, are open from Tuesday to Saturday with an admission at 9.30am and from 12.00pm to 7.30pm (last admission at 7.00pm).
Special Opening of Palazzo Mansi and Villa Guinigi, 18 May 2019
from 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm (last admission 22:00 pm), admission fee € 1.00.
Museum Week
From Tuesday 5 to Saturday 9 March free entry to the National Museums of Lucca, Palazzo Mansi and Villa Giunigi.
On Thursday 24 January 2019 the Palazzo Mansi Museum will be closed for roof control work.
Until January 12, 2019 in the Chapel of the Palace will be exhibited an ancient Nativity scene with statues, from the seventeenth-nineteenth century, made of wood, papier-mâché and silk clothes, from the Renata Frediani collection
The European Heritage Days are a joint action of the Council of Europe and the European Commission. Every September, millions of people visit heritage treasures across the States party to the European Cultural Convention.
The National Museums of Lucca, Villa Guinigi and Palazzo Mansi, offer to all visitors, in addition to the usual time, evening openings:
Wednesday 15 August 2018 the Palazzo Mansi and Villa Guinigi museums will be closed to the public.
Museum Hours
Today 12 July 2018, for the feast of St. Paolino, Palazzo Mansi and Villa Guinigi will be closed to the public.
Special Opening of Palazzo Mansi and Villa Guinigi, 19 May 2018
Saturday, May 5 Palazzo Mansi National Museum
3:00 PM
Music with…
Tuesday, May 1, the National Museum of Palazzo Mansi will be open to the public from 8.30am to 1.30pm (last admission at 1). The Villa Guinigi Museum will be closed.
Wednesday, April 25, the National Museums of Lucca, Palazzo Mansi and Villa Guinigi, will be closed to the public.
Wednesday, March 28, free entry to Palazzo Mansi between 16.30 and 18.30, so that visitors can experience the new lighting of the Pinacoteca recently installed.
Museo nazionale di Palazzo Mansi
Opening hours Palazzo Mansi National Museum:from 8:30 am to 1:30 pm (last entrance 1:00 pm)
From Friday 2 March the Palazzo Mansi National Museum will be open from Tuesday to Saturday:
Today, Thursday March 1st 2018, the National Museums of Lucca, Palazzo Mansi and Villa Guinigi will be closed to the public.
We apologize for the inconvenience
Sabato 3 marzo alle ore 16.00 presso il Museo nazionale di Villa Guinigi, in occasione del 50° anniversario della sua apertura, si terrà il primo incontro del progetto La pittura che suona: gli strumenti musical
The National Museum of Palazzo Mansi is open to the public
Palazzo Mansi National Museum is open to the public:
Lucca’s National Museums are closed 24, 25, 26 December and 1, 6 January.
Exhibition of musical instruments on view at Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Mansi
From 31 August to 7 October 2017 Lucca's National Museums will remain open until 10.30pm (last admission 10pm).
Calendar of evening openings:
Monday, August 14:
Villa Guinigi National Museum
From 7.30pm to 10.30pm (last entry at 10pm);
For the feast of San Paolino, Wednesday July 12 2017, the National Museums of Lucca, Palazzo Mansi and Villa Guinigi will be closed.
Friday, June 2, the National Museums of Lucca will be closed
Special Opening of Palazzo Mansi and Villa Guinigi, 20 May 2017
Download the new brochure of Lucca’s National Museums, with a description of the museums and the useful informations to the visit.
Sunday 7th May Villa Guinigi's extraordinary opening and free admission. Opening hours: 8.30 am -1.30 pm; 2 pm - 5 pm (last admission 4.30 pm).
Opening hours: from 8:30 am to 7:30 pm (last entrance 7:00 pm)
Admission fee € 4.00 - reduced € 2.00
Free admission for people aged under 18 years
Easter Week, April 11 - 17, the Lucca National Museums, Palazzo Mansi and Villa Guinigi, will be open from Tuesday to Saturday from 8.30 am to 7.30 pm (last admission 7pm).
Closed Easter Sunday 16 and Monday 17.
To celebrate this year’s International Women’s Day, on March 8th all women can visit the Lucca's national Museums, Villa Guinigi and Palazzo Mansi, for free!
Opening Hours
Today January 12, 2017 the Museum of Villa Guinigi will be closed in the afternoon
December 30 - 31 the National Museums of Lucca will be closed.
December 23 National Museum of Villa Guinigi closed 8.30am- 1.30pm; open 1.30pm - 7pm
24 December: 8.30am – 7pm
25 December: closed
26 December: closed
December 8th National Museums of Lucca will be closed.
Opening hours:
from 8:30 am to 7:30 pm (last entrance 7:00 pm)
Special Opening of Palazzo Mansi and Villa Guinigi from 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm, admission fee € 1.00
Special Opening of Palazzo Mansi National Museum
from 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm, admission fee € 1.00
from 8:30 am to 1:30 pm (last entrance 1:00 pm)
Mansi Palace National Museum
from 1:30 pm to 7:30 pm (last entrance 7:00 pm)
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