Museo Civico e Pinacoteca di Palazzo Mazzetti

Palazzo Mazzetti is a Baroque palace in Asti named after the Mazzetti family, for centuries among the richest and most influential in the city. This palace, enlarged by Marquis Giulio Cesare II in the 17th century, was the symbol of their affirmation in Asti's social context.
Over the centuries, it has hosted personalities such as James Stuart III (1717), King Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (1727) and Napoleon I (1805). Today, in addition to its great architectural value, a testimony to innovation, taste and prestige, the palace is home to the civic art gallery and exhibits 19th- and 20th-century paintings and collections, precious oriental artefacts, antique textiles from the Gerbo collection, and 19th- and 20th-century painting and sculpture collections.
Equipped with a bookshop, lecture hall, conference room, library, archives, storage rooms, cafeteria, touch screen and multimedia projections, the former palace is a venue for temporary exhibitions.
Palazzo Mazzetti houses the ticket office for the Smarticket, the single ticket for visiting the city's museums.