Civic Museum of Natural History Civic Sea Aquarium Sartorio Civic

ART MUSEUMS
Revoltella Civic Museum
Modern Art Gallery
Via Diaz, 27 - tel. +39 040 6754350/4158
The museum was founded in 1872 at
the behest of Baron Revoltella, who
also promoted the excavation of the
Suez canal. It includes a sumptuous
example of a 19th century bourgeois
home, and Brunner palace, restored
by Venetian architect C. Scarpa. The
museum houses works by Carrà, Sironi, de Chirico, Fontana, Burri, Morandi
and many other significant 19th century
Italian artists such as Canova.
Sartorio Civic Museum
Largo Papa Giovanni XXIII, 1
tel. +39 040 301479
Donated by the Sartorio family to the
Municipality in 1946, the 18th century
villa housing the museum is a sparkling
example of the Sartorio family life. Its
refined furniture frames the RusconiOpuich collection (icons, silverware,
majolicas), the Santa Chiara triptych
(14th century) and 254 drawings by
Tiepolo. A recent addition to the museum
is the G. Piperata collection, including
works by A. Fittke. The Sartorio museum
also includes a collection of plaster casts,
a collection of glyptographs, a picture
gallery and G. Costantinides Memorial.
In August, every Tuesday and Wednesday from 8.00 p.m., the garden of the
museum hosts “Musei di sera”: music,
gatherings and other interesting events.
Morpurgo de Nilma Civic Museum
Via Imbriani, 5 - tel. +39 040 636969
This magnificently furnished apartment
stands as a marvellous example of the
lifestyle of a 19th century rich bourgeois
family belonging to the Trieste business
community. The interiors represent a
variety of historical styles.
Civic Museum of Homeland History
and Stavropulos Art Collection
Via Imbriani, 5 - tel. +39 040 366030
The museum houses documents, mementos, paintings and prints concerning
city history and folklore, a rich collection
of costumes and textiles, plus the
collection of the Greek Stavropulos.
Civic Museum of Oriental Art
Via S. Sebastiano, 1 - tel. +39 040 3220736
This museum bears witness to the taste
for the exotic in 19th century commercial
Trieste. It houses oriental collections and
art objects from all over the Asian area,
mostly from China and Japan. The two
Japanese collections of prints and
weapons deserve particular attention.
Carlo Schmidl Civic Theatre Museum
Via Rossini, 4 - tel. +39 040 6754072/4068
Recently moved to Gopcevich palace,
this museum documents the theatrical
and musical history of Trieste since the
18th century: posters, playbills, photographs, prints, medals, paintings, musical
instruments, mementos, bibliographical
and archive collections (such as the G.
Strehler collection). There are also several
particularly precious stage costumes and
jewels, such as those of Fedora Barbieri.
1470 and 1630. Inside the building, the
House of the Captain hosts the Civic
Museum of the Castle. The Armoury
includes weapons from different collections, from the 12th to the 19th century.
Trieste Lapidary
Bastione Lalio of San Giusto Castle
Entrance: Piazzale delle Milizie
tel. +39 040 3220289
Trieste Lapidary is housed in the Lalio
Rampart (16th century) in San Giusto
Castle. It gives an overview of the Roman
Tergeste through findings from the
Capitoline area, the sacred buildings, the
theatre and the necropolis.
Civic Museum of History and Art
and Lapidary Garden
Piazza della Cattedrale, 1
tel. +39 040 310500 / 308686
This is dedicated to local archaeology
(from prehistory to the Roman age) and
enriched with Egyptian, Greek, Etrurian
and Maya collections. The Lapidary
Garden (epigraphs, monuments and
sculptures from Roman times) houses
the cenotaph of Winckelmann, the
famous German art historian who was
murdered in Trieste.
HISTORY MUSEUMS
Civic Museum of the Risorgimento
and Oberdan Memorial
Via XXIV Maggio, 4 - tel. +39 040 361675
HILL MUSEUMS
San Giusto Castle, Armoury and Civic
Museum of the Castle
Piazza della Cattedrale, 3
tel. +39 040 309362 / 313636
Situated on San Giusto hill, the castle is
the symbol of Trieste. It was built over
approximately two centuries, between
This building was specially designed in
the 1930s by architect Umberto Nordio
to house the Museum of the Risorgimento. It contains documents, photographs,
uniforms, mementos and paintings
representing the events and personalities
of local Irredentism and the Risorgimento,
from the 1848 uprising to the first World
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War. The frescos by Carlo Sbisà are
magnificent. Outside, the Oberdan
Memorial stands on the spot where he
was hanged.
Diego de Henriquez Civic Museum
of War for Peace
Via delle Milizie, 16 - Via Cumano, 24
tel.+39 040 948430 / 9380266
The museum was created in 1997,
gathering mementos and objects from
the remarkable collection of the Triestine
scholar Diego de Henriquez (1909-1974).
It includes a heterogeneous heritage of
great interest: military and civilian
vehicles, artillery, military uniforms,
collections of toy soldiers, a large library
and military, civil and cartographic
archives, photographs and objects.
Civic Museum of the Risiera
di San Sabba - National Monument
Via Palatucci, 5 - tel. +39 040 826202
The Risiera di San Sabba was a ricehusking facility converted by the Nazis
in September 1943 for use as a prison
camp. It was used as a transit camp for
Jewish deportees, as a warehouse for
confiscated goods and as a camp for the
detention and elimination of hostages,
partisans, political prisoners and Jews.
On 4th April 1944 a crematorium was put
into operation. In 1965, the Risiera
became a National Monument.
Foiba of Basovizza
National Monument
Documentation Centre
National League in agreement
with the Municipality of Trieste
Basovizza
tel. +39 040 365343
In May 1945 the Foiba was the scene of
the execution of Italian civilians and
soldiers arrested by the occupying
Jugoslav partisan troops. Given the status
of a National Monument, it is the most
important memorial for the families of the
victims and deportees who died in
internment camps in Jugoslavia. It is also
the main memorial for the associations
of Italians who were exiled from Istria,
Fiume and Dalmatia and who can
commemorate the victims of 1943 - 1945.
Post and Telegraph Museum
of Mittel Europe
Poste Italiane Spa
and the Municipality of Trieste
Palazzo delle Poste Italiane
Piazza Vittorio Veneto, 1
tel. +39 040 6764264
This museum is situated in the old Trieste
Post building, previously the head office
of the Habsburg Imperial Post. The
museum promotes and conserves the
historical memory of postal services
through cartography, the process of postal
disinfection, philately, the military post,
Marconi’s radiotelegraphy and telegraphy.
LITERATURE MUSEUMS
Urban Library Service
Via Madonna del Mare, 13
tel. +39 040 3593601
Svevo Museum
museosveviano@comune.trieste.it
This museum includes manuscripts,
letters, books, editions and translations
of works and critical essays concerning
the Triestine writer and, among the
personal objects, his gold pen and his
precious violin.
Joyce Museum
museojoyciano@comune.trieste.it
This is probably the most important and
complete Joyce study centre in Italy. Its
aim is to promote knowledge of the
relationship between Joyce and Trieste
and the fundamental role of the city in
the life and works of the writer.
Petrarca and Piccolomini Museum
museopetrarchesco@comune.trieste.it
Dedicated to Francesco Petrarca (13041374) and Enea Silvio Piccolomini (14051464), the museum houses printed
books, manuscripts, an iconographic
section and archive documents. The
heritage of antique books also includes
many incunabula and cinquecentine.
SCIENCE MUSEUMS
Civic Museum of Natural History
sportellonatura@comune.trieste.it
tel. +39 040 6758658 / 8661
Founded in 1846, this museum houses
an exceptional hadrosaur fossil
discovered near Trieste and some
important botanical, zoological,
mineralogical, geological and
paleontological findings. There is an
interesting area dedicated to the evolution
of hominids, where the cranium of the
Man of Mompaderno is displayed.
Currently being moved to its new
premises via dei Tominz.
Civic Sea Aquarium
Molo Pescheria, 2
tel. +39 040 306201
This is one of the most appreciated and
frequently visited museums of the city. It
is housed in the Art Nouveau building of
the old fish market that has been restored
and is now used for art exhibitions. The
museum houses Adriatic sea species
but also marine tropical fish, a South
African penguin and a vivarium with
amphibians and reptiles.
Civic Museum of the Sea
Via Campo Marzio, 5
tel. +39 040 304885
This museum documents the origin and
the development of the Triestine
merchant marine and offers a historical
overview of the evolution of ships and
navigation instruments. Some rooms
are dedicated to J.F. Ressel, who
experimented with screw propulsion
applied to motor navigation, and to G.
Marconi, where radio engineering
equipment formerly installed on the
Elettra is displayed. During the summer,
on Friday night at 9.00 pm, usually the
garden of the museum hosts concerts,
conferences, readings and projections
as part of the “Marestate” festival.
Civic Botanical Garden
Via Marchesetti, 2
tel +39 040 360068
The Garden is a pivot between scientific
research and environmental
preservation; it is an artificial oasis
hosting botanical biodiversity. The
variety of ground peonies, sage plants
and hortensias from different parts of
the world gives special flowerings all
the year round. Particular sectors are
dedicated to officinal and dye plants.
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Morpurgo de Nilma Civic Museum
Via Imbriani, 5
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Civic Museum of Homeland
History and Stavropulos Art
Collection - Via Imbriani, 5
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Civic Museum of Oriental Art
Via San Sebastiano, 1
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Carlo Schmidl
Civic Theatre Museum
Via Rossini, 4
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Foiba of Basovizza
National Monument
Basovizza
Trieste Lapidary
Bastione Lalio of San Giusto Castle
Piazzale delle Milizie
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Svevo Museum
Via Madonna del Mare, 13
16 Joyce Museum
Via Madonna del Mare, 13
17 Petrarca and Piccolomini
Museum
Via Madonna del Mare, 13
Diego de Henriquez Civic Museum
of War for Peace
V. delle Milizie,16 - V. Cumano, 24
Gopcevich Palace - A. Selva Hall
via Rossini, 4
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Syngogue
Piazza Giotti
24
Costanzi Palace - U. Veruda Hall
Piazza Piccola, 2
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Civic Art Hall
Piazza dell’Unità d’Italia, 4
S. Nicolò
Greek–Oriental Church
Riva III Novembre, 7
32
S. Spiridione
Serbian-Orthodox Church
Via S. Spiridione
33
Evangelical Augustan Church
Largo Panfili
Civic Museum of Natural History
Currently being moved
to its new premises via dei Tominz
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Civic Sea Aquarium
Molo Pescheria, 2
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Civic Museum of the Sea
Via Campo Marzio, 5
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Civic Botanical Garden
Via Marchesetti, 2
S. Giusto Cathedral
Piazza della Cattedrale
27
S. Antonio Taumaturgo Church
Piazza S. Antonio
information
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S. Maria Maggiore Church
Piazza S. Silvestro
29
S. Silvestro Church
(Helvetic Church)
Piazza S. Silvestro
Ufficio Relazioni con il Pubblico
Via della Procureria, 2/A
tel. +39 040 67 54 850
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Civic Museum of the Risorgimento
and Oberdan Memorial
Via XXIV Maggio, 4
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LITERATURE MUSEUMS
HISTORY MUSEUMS
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Post and Telegraph Museum
of Mittel Europe
Palazzo delle Poste Italiane
Piazza Vittorio Veneto, 1
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Civic Museum of History and Art
and Lapidary Garden
Piazza della Cattedrale, 1
PLACES OF WORSHIP
EXHIBITION HALLS
Exhibition Centre of
Modern and Contemporary Art
Salone degli Incanti
(ex Pescheria Centrale)
Riva Nazario Sauro, 1
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