HomePlease find below the 12 most visited museums of Friuli Venezia Giulia with number of visitors for each one of them (data provided by each museum in 2004):
Museo Storico del Castello di Miramare, Trieste (TS): 257.291
Overlooking the sea and surrounded by a magnificent park, the splendid villa built in the XIX century for Maximilian of Augsburg displays a number of furnished rooms full of works of art.
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Casa della Terza Armata, Fogliano Redipuglia (GO): 200.000
Uniforms, weapons, documents, maps, posters, but also vintage photographs, paintings and sculptures on show in a museum gathering memories of the military front based in the Isonzo area during the First World War.
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Civico Museo del Castello di S. Giusto e Lapidario Tergestino, Trieste (TS): 183.944
In the XVI century Castello di S. Giusto XIV-XIX century pieces of furniture, paintings and weapons are displayed. Roman vestiges from the city of Tegeste are displayed in the near-by lapidary.
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Civico Museo della Risiera di San Sabba – Monumento Nazionale, Trieste (TS): 133.908
A venue of tragic events turned into a National Monument in 1965 to honour the victims of Nazism during the Second World War.
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Civico Aquario Marino, Trieste (TS): 58.450
Set in an old liberty-style building, this museum turns into a meeting point between human beings and the water world: sea, lake and tropical fishes, amphibians, reptiles and penguins.
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Casa delle Farfalle, Bordano (UD): 44.838
Hundreds of butterflies are hosted in three big greenhouse-gardens reproducing their natural habitats: tropical Africa, the Indo-Australian area and the Amazon’s basin.
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Castello di Gorizia – Museo del Medioevo Goriziano, Gorizia (GO): 38.106
Vintage objects and works of art illustrating the history of the Gorizia County in the first 500 years are on display at the medieval castle, symbol of the city.
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Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Aquileia (UD): 34.535
The XIX century Villa Cassis Faraone exhibits a rich collections of archaeological finds testifying over seven centuries of history of the antique town of Aquileia, founded by the Romans in 181 b.C.
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Musei Provinciali di Gorizia, Gorizia (GO): 26.789
Collezione Archeologica
Museo della Grande Guerra
Museo della Moda e delle Arti Applicate
Museo di Storia e Arte
Museo Abbazia Benedettina Santa Maria in Sylvis, Sesto al Reghena (PN): 25.000
An ancient Benedictine abbey founded during the Longobards age hosts a large exhibition of grave vestiges and sculptures ranging from the Roma age up to the Middle Age.
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Scuola mosaicisti del Friuli, Spilimbergo (PN): 25.000
An exhibition of works made by the artists who studied in his laboratories is on display in the school founded in 1922 for mosaic crafts and the terrace.
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Museo Storico “La zona Carnia nella Grande Guerra”, Paluzza (UD): 25.000
A museum recalling the events of the Great War occurred in the front line area known as Zona Carnia. A section is dedicated to the Portatrici Carniche, valiant women supporting the troops.
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Sito realizzato dal Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali
Direzione Regionale per i Beni Culturali e Paesaggistici del Friuli Venezia Giulia
Piazza Libertà, 7 - 34132 - TRIESTE - Tel. +39 040 4194811 Fax +39 040 4194820