Top 20 best museums in Palermo

The Museo delle maioliche Stanze al Genio has an exhibition of almost 5,000 examples of Italian majolica tiles from the 15th to the 19th century, arranged over 8 rooms. The Museum is housed in a part of the seventeenth-century Palazzo Torre Pirajno in Palermo.

The Museo Diocesano (MUDIPA or Diocesan Museum of Palermo) is a museum in Palermo that is housed in some rooms of the Archbishop's Palace (the Palazzo Arcivescovile). The museum was founded in 1927 by Archbishop Alessandro Lualdi. After decades of closure for restoration and archaeological research

Palazzo Abatellis (Palazzo Patella) is a palace in Palermo that is home to the Museo Regionale Abatellis (the Galleria Regionale della Sicilia), the Gallery of Art for the Sicilian region. The palazzo is an example of Gothic-Catalan architecture that was designed in the 15th century by Matteo Carnel

The Museo internazionale delle marionette Antonio Pasqualino is a cultural-historical and ethnographic museum in Palermo. The musuem holds the collection of the late Palermit surgeon Antonio Pasqualino. The Museo internazionale delle marionette is located at the Piazzetta Niscemi behind the west sid

The Museo Geologico Gemmellaro (Museo Geologico e Paleontologico G.G. Gemmellaro) is a geological and paleontological museum in Palermo that is related to the University of Palermo. The Museo Gemmellaro is one of the most important institutions of its kind in the Mediterranean. The collections are h

The Palazzo Bonocore was restored by the Superintendence for cultural heritage of Palermo and now hosts an exhibition showcasing the Greek-Albanian and Latin liturgical tradition in Sicily. This exhibition provides a unique insight into the diverse cultural influences that have shaped Sicily's rich history, making it a worthwhile visit for tourists interested in culture and history.

The Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonino Salinas is an archaeological museum in Palermo. The museum shows archaeological finds from Carthaginian and Greek settlements in mainly western Sicily from prehistoric times to the Late Roman period and is named after the Sicilian archaeologist Antonino Sali

The Museum of Zoology was founded in the second half of the 19th century by Prof. Pietro Doderlein, from whom it inherited the name and vision. The building still preserves the original structure and furniture, which immediately make visitors feel the atmosphere of old times. A nineteenth-century a

The Gallery of Modern Art of Palermo (The Modern Art Gallery Sant'Anna, or Galleria d'Arte Moderna Sant'Anna) is a modern art museum in Palermo that is located in a complex consisting of the former Franciscan convent of the Church of Sant'Anna la Misericordia and the adjacent Palazzo Bonet. The muse

The Archivio Storico Comunale is the city archives of Palermo that keeps the archives of the municipal administration of Palermo from the end of the 13th century to the year 1957. The first regulations for archiving date back to 1320, since 1463 the Archivio has an archive room in the town hall. The

The Museo del Risorgimento "Vittorio Emanuele Orlando" is a historical museum in Palermo that is located on the ground floor of the former Convent of San Domenico. The musuem holds many relics of the Risorgimento. The museum includes themes such as the autonomy aspirations of Sicily at the beginning

The Giuseppe S. Vaiana Astronomical Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Palermo that is housed inside the Palazzo dei Normanni. It is a research facility of the National Institute of Astrophysics. The Museum of the Specola (Museo della Specola), located at the top of the leaning tower of t