Collezioni Comunali d'Arte (Municipal Art Collection)

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Ever since 1936, the Municipal Art Collections (Collezioni Comunali d’Arte) have been set up in the former winter apartment of the Cardinal Legates in Palazzo d’Accursio in Piazza Maggiore.

In addition to paintings dating back from the Middle Ages to the present day, the extensive collection also includes art objects, pieces of furniture, porcelain, fabrics, lace, embroidery, miniatures and important wooden crucifixes. The collections, in fact, make up a “furnished museum” with halls maintaining the original decorations where furniture is the protagonist intact.

The Urban Hall, dating back to 1630 and restored in 2013-14, is particularly prestigious. It is one of the most important examples of Baroque in Bologna and the heraldic decorations covering its walls, made up of 188 coats of arms and three figurative scenes, have also give it its name Sala degli Stemmi (Coat of Arms Hall)

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Collezioni Comunali d'Arte (Municipal Art Collection)

c/o Palazzo D'Accursio Piazza Maggiore 6 - 40121

How to get there

Telephone: +39 0512193998
Email: museiarteantica@comune.bologna.it
Site/minisite/other: https://www.museibologna.it/collezionicomunali/

Entrance

Full price	€ 6,00
Reduced	€ 3,00 / € 2,00
Free	Disabled people with companion
Free	Bologna Welcome Card
Free	Card Cultura

The Civic Museums of Bologna have an agreement with the European Disability Card. For more information visit the official website.

Interests

Art & Culture

Details

Accessibility

Motor disability or difficulty of movement

The Municipal Art Collections are mostly accessible. The spaces in all the rooms make it easy to move, rest and enjoy almost all the works exhibited. Some ramps are too steep and, in general, they all have inconvenient non-slip cross pieces for wheelchairs, particularly for electric ones. A large lift is available to reach the museum. There is an accessible toilet.

Hearing disability

The museum, located on the second floor of Palazzo D'Accursio, can be reached by a well marked lift. The museum can be visited on your own, as the route of visit is clear and well marked. The explanatory panels and room explanatory sheets are very informative even if they require good language competence and knowledge of history. There are no emergency visual notification devices both in the toilets and in the lift.

Visual disability

The exhibits are mainly kept in display cases or they are not reachable, but with the help of an educational assistant it is possible to touch some of them. The museum assistants are willing to compensate for the lack of specific training for dealing with partially sighted visitors. There are no explanatory aids in Braille or in large print and the captions are difficult to read for partially sighted visitors.

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Services

Guided visits
Educational services
Conference room
Bookshop
Access for the disabled
Brochure (Italian, English, French, German)

Guided tours for schools are available by appointment during the school year.

Info: Educational Department tel. +39 051 2193922 (Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9am to 1pm) and +39 051 2193933 (Tuesday and Thursday from 1pm to 5pm) or edubolognamusei@comune.bologna.it