GALLERIA
ESTENSE
MODENA
SERVICES FOR VISITORS
Lift – Bookshop – Audioguide
OPENING HOURS
- Opening days
From Tuesday to Sunday - Opening hours
from Tuesday to Saturday 8.30 – 19.30 - Opening hours
Sunday and holidays 10.00 – 18.00 - Closure 1 January, 25 December
- Opening days
from Tuesday to Sunday - Opening hours
from Tuesday to Saturday 8.30 – 19.30
Sunday and holidays 10.00 – 18.00 - Last admission half an hour before closing
ORARI
- Giorni di apertura
Da martedì a domenica - Orario di apertura
da martedì a sabato 8.30 – 19.30 - Orari di apertura
domenica e festivi 10.00 – 18.00 - Chiusura 1 gennaio, 25 dicembre
- Aperture straordinarie Festivalfilosofia
ORARI
- Giorni di apertura
Da martedì a domenica - Orario di apertura
da martedì a sabato 8.30 – 19.30 - Orari di apertura
domenica e festivi 10.00 – 18.00 - Chiusura 1 gennaio, 25 dicembre
- Aperture straordinarie Festivalfilosofia
“AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE”
The Galleria Estense opened to the public in 1854 by Francesco V d’Austria-Este and since 1894 is located on the fourth floor of the Palazzo dei Musei where it occupies four large halls and sixteen rooms. The museum is dedicated to the exceptional and eclectic art collections accumulated by the Dukes of Este from the days of their glorious Signoria Ferrarese and it comprises Italian paintings from the fourteenth to the eighteenth centuries (including a nucleus by masters of the Padana school): marble and terracotta sculptures; decorative arts (objects that made up the sumptuous ducal wardrobe); as well as drawings, bronze statuettes, maiolica pottery, medals, ivories and musical instruments. Amongst the most significant works are: Cima da Conegliano’s Pietà, Antonio da Correggio’s Madonna and Child, the Portrait of Francesco I d’Este by Velázquez,the Modena Triptych by El Greco, Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s marble Bust of Francesco I d’Este and the Crucifixion by Guido Reni.
Getting here
Palazzo dei Musei
Exhibition hall, ground floor
The Galleria Estense, fourth floor
Largo Porta Sant’Agostino, 337
41121 Modena (MO) Italia
It can be reached by elevator and is also accessible from the entrance without architectural barriers on Viale Vittorio Veneto n. 5..
connections: railway station – Largo di Porta S. Agostino.
TAXI From the railway station
Opening days
from Tuesday to Sunday
Opening hours
from Tuesday to Saturday 8.30 – 19.30
Sunday and holidays 10.00 – 18.00
last admission half an hour before closing
Ordinary opening hours from Tuesday to Saturday 8.30-19.30, Sunday and holidays 10-18
Extraordinary opening on Monday holidays, with postponed closing on Tuesday
Last admission of the public 30 minutes before closing
Group reservations and information:
federica.muzzarelli@cultura.gov.it
andrea.mammola@cultura.gov.it
Tel: 059 4395711
Communication from the Ministry of Culture
Please note that this Institute is committed to offering the public the widest possible visiting hours, in compliance with the criteria set for the public opening, supervision and security of state museums and cultural sites set out in the Ministerial Decree of 30 June 2016, pending the completion of the planned selection procedures aimed at overcoming the current staff shortage and subsequently increasing the number of staff in service.
Tickets
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- Regular – 8 €
- Members Coop Alleanza 3.0 and Associati Medici – 6 €
- Coupon Modenantiquaria – 6 €
- Reduced young (18-25) – 2 €
- Combined Galleria Estense and Palazzo Ducale di Sassuolo – 10 €
- Free for children under 18
- Click here to find out about all the other cases of reductions or free tickets
- Open to the public with free admission every first Sunday of the month and on 25 April, 2 June and 4 November 2025.
Open to the public with free admission every first Sunday of the month and on 25 April, 2 June and 4 November 2024.
The prices listed are at the normal rate and do not include special discounts (for example, the Philosophy Festival, European Heritage Days etc.) or additional charges for exhibitions. For these, go to the online booking page or the page dedicated to the event.
HANDS THAT SEE
An itinerary with seven ‘tactile stops’. This itinerary, launched in 2019, is aimed at blind and partially sighted visitors but can also benefit able-bodied sighted people. The seven ‘tactile stops’, distributed along a route around the Galleria Estense interpret seven masterpieces through panels composed of Braille translations and relief diagrams. The provision was developed thanks to a generous gift from the Rotary Club Modena.
ACCESSIBILITY
Admission is free and prioritised for visitors with special needs and their companions.
The entrance for visitors with reduced mobility is located on Viale Vittorio Veneto no. 5. From there, follow the relevant signs to reach the ticket offices and exhibition space, both located on the first floor and equipped with an access ramp. The Museo Lapidario Estense is situated on the ground floor along an easy-to-access visitor route. To reach the Galleria Estense, there is a lift that stops on the fourth floor; front-of-house staff can provide access to the floor avoiding all architectural barriers by opening a special ‘passageway’. Galleria Estense can be accessed in its entirety and without difficulty in a wheelchair or with walking aids. Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, located on the second floor, can be reached using the same lift.
Kind visitors are informed that from 16/07/2024 the ticket office of the Estense Gallery has been temporarily transferred to the 4th floor of the Palace of Museums, with access from the Main Staircase or the elevator.