Galleria di Palazzo Rosso

The richest museum in Genova

18 Via Garibaldi
Genova, 16124

Phone: +39 010 247 6351

Fax: +39 10 247 5357

The palazzo, known as rosso due to its color, is one of the last built in the Strada Nuova, now Via Garibaldi. It was built in the seventeenth century for the Ridolfo brothers and Gio Francesco Brignole Sale. In 1874, Duchess of Galliera, the last of the line in her family, donated the building and the art collections in it to the city. There was a particular obligation on the city to make the official noble appartment into a museum. The splendid rooms are sumptously decorated with frescoes by Ligurian artists from the seventeenth century like G. De Ferrari, D. Piola, A. Carlone and B. Guidobono. There are works from the 15th to the 17th centuries including sculptures, mirrors, porcelain and paintings. Among the masterpieces on display there are paintings organized in chronological order and by school of art. Venetian artists, (Veronese, Tintoretto), Lombard (Procaccini, Cerani), Bolognese (Guercino, Reni) as well as many local Masters (Strozzi, Cambiaso, Castiglione). There are also many canvasses by Van Dyck who was very active in Genova. The palazzo also contains a collection of old ceramics and a small statue of the creche. On the mezzanine there is a the Sketch collection, the print collection and the numismatic collection. There is also an important photographic archive with more than 200,000 photographs. Valuable both for their historical and artistic value, they illustrate the history of Genova and Liguria from the middle of the nineteenth century until today. It's worth noting that the Ligurian republic's annexation to Napoleon's empire was signed in this building. Admission: 7 Euros, Admission is free for everybody on Sundays.