Art Gallery

ACCADEMIA CARRARA

Bergamo (BG)
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More than three hundred works, including paintings and sculptures, mark the exhibition itinerary at the Accademia Carrara and offer a five-century journey through the history of Italian art from the Renaissance to the 19th century, between masterpieces and collecting.

Founded in 1796 from Giacomo Carrara, the Accademia Carrara is considered the museum of Italian collecting, because its collections are based entirely on legacies of enlightened patrons who wanted to increase its heritage by making it available to the city and the community.

The exhibition is organised in sixteen rooms of different sizes, which tell different stories. The first sequence is dedicated to theItalian art between Gothic and Renaissance on the Peninsula, with an emphasis on the conspicuous nucleus of works from the 15th century in the Po Valley and Veneto, with works by PisanelloMantegna e Belliniand on contemporary Tuscan production, where the paintings of Raphael e Botticelli.

The second sequence draws a path illustrating the figurative tradition between Lombardy and the Venetian mainland dominions, between the 15th and 18th centurieswith a focus on the Bergamo context, where they operated LotMoroniBaschenis e Fra Galgario. Finally, the section dedicated to theNineteenth century with a focus on the events and protagonists of the Accademia Carrara School of Painting.


PwC GARDENS

Art, nature, taste and architecture meet in the PwC GardensAccademia Carrara's large green space of about 3,000 square metres, consisting of a new romantic park, embedded in the urban fabric of Bergamo, a connecting walkway between the museum and the exterior and the new Bù Bistrot in Carraraplaces where the museum's present dialogues with its past. Access to PwC Gardens is freepossible from the museum - via the new walkway connecting the museum rooms to the outside - or from the separate entrance in Via della Noca 7. Click here for the timetable of the PwC Gardens.


Hours:
Monday: 09:00 - 19:00
Tuesday: closed
Wednesday: 09:00 - 19:00
Thursday: 09:00 - 19:00
Friday: 09:00 - 19:00
Saturday: 10:00 - 19:00
Sunday: 10:00 - 19:00

Additional information opening hours:
Last entry: 45 minutes before closing time
NB: le informazioni possono variare. Controlla sempre il sito del museo per orari e tariffe aggiornate.
Crediti fotografici: i crediti fotografici, qualora presenti, sono visualizzabili cliccando sull'immagine, con apertura tramite pop-up.

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  • Full price ticket: €15.00
  • Reduced ticket: €13.00
Piazza Giacomo Carrara, 82 Bergamo (BG)

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Exhibitions in this location

Tarot. Origins, cards, fortune

The exhibition Tarot. The Origins, the Cards, the Fortune offers a fascinating immersion into the centuries-long history of the Tarot, from...
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27.02.2026 - 02.06.2026

COLLEONI 550. The image of the leader

On the occasion of the 550th anniversary of Bartolomeo Colleoni's death, the Accademia Carrara dedicates a major exhibition to the famous...
ACCADEMIA CARRARA
Bergamo (BG)
14.11.2025 - 09.11.2026

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