Museums

• MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM OF PALAZZO "BELMONTE RISO"

  Corso Vittorio Emanuele, 365 Tel. 091 320532 Hours: everyday 10.00-20.00 Thurdsay and Friday 10.00-22.00 Closed: on Mondays

  It is the most important museum of modern and contemporary art in Sicily

• ZISA MUSEUM

  Piazza Zisa Tel. 091 6520269 Public Property  Free entrance till 18 years old and over 60 Hours: everyday 9.00-18.30 Closed: on Mondays

  The Zisa castle is site of the Islam museum and it gathers items of the Arab world in Sicily

• CAPUCHIN CATACOMBS

  Piazza Cappuccini, 1 Tel. 091 212117 Hours: everyday 9.00-12.30 / 15.00-17.30 Sunday and festive: 9.00-12.30

  It is a “death” museum. Infact, it preserves about 8.000 skeletons and mummified bodies buried from 1559 and 1880

• PALAZZO ABATELLIS

  Via Alloro, 4  Tel. 091 6230011 Hours: everyday 9,00-12,30 / 14,30-17.30 Saturday an Sunday 9,00-12,30 Closed: on Mondays

  The museum originated in the 40’s and it is site of medieval and modern sections of Archaeological museum

• MODERN ART GALLERY "SANT'ANNA"

  Via Sant'Anna, 21 Tel. 199 199 111 - 091 8431605 Hours: everyday 9,30-18.30 Closed: on Mondays

  There are exposed important works of Sicilian artists

• CAPPELLA PALATINA TREASURE

  Piazza del Risorgimento Tel. 091 484700 Hours: everyday 9.00-12.00 Sunday: 9.00-10.00

  It presents inside various admirable themes: architecture, mosaics, marbles, wooden ceiling, royal throne, treasures, etc.

• CATHEDRAL TREASURE

  Corso Vittorio Emanuele, 461 Tel. 091 334373 Hours: everyday 9,30-17,30 Closed: on Sundays

  It is saved in the crypt and it contains objects d’art of goldsmith and textile products of the Norman period

• ARCHEOLOGICAL REGIONAL MUSEUM

  Piazza Olivella, 24 Tel. 091 6116805 Free entrance till 18 years old and over 60 Hours: everyday 9.00-13.30 / 15.00-18.30 Saturday, Sunday and Monday: 9.00-13.30

  The Archeological Regional Museum of Palermo is one of the most important archeological museums of the Mediterranean

• ETNOGRAFICO PITRE' MUSEUM

  Viale Duca degli Abruzzi, 1 - Parco della Favorita Tel. 091 7404890 Free entrance till 18 years old and over 60 Hours: everyday 9.00-20.00 Closed: on Mondays

  It is a delightful residence where neoclassical art and chinoiserie of that time are together harmonic

• MUSEUM OF THE MORMINO FOUNDATION

  Via Libertà, 52 c/o Villa Zito Tel. 091 6259519 Reservation for groups maximum 30 persona and guided tour: tel. 091 6085974 Hours: Monday - Friday 9.00-13.00 / 15.00-17.00 Museum, Museum shop and Library Saturday 9.00-13.00 Museum and  Museum shop Closed:  on Sundays and holidays  + 4th of September afternoon Hours the month of August: Monday - Friday 9.00-13.00 / 15.00-17.00 Museum, Museum shop Closed:  on Saturdays and Sundays week from the 14th to the 20st of August

  The museum hosts finds from the Sicilian necropolis (Selinunte), ceramics, coins and stamps vintage

• ORTO BOTANICO

  Via Abramo Lincoln, 2 Tel. numero verde 800 903631 - 091 6238234 Hours: everyday 9.00-17.00 Sundays and holidays  9.00-14.00 Summertime: 9.00-18.00 Closed: on holidays www.ortobotanico.palermo.it

  One of the most biggest and important of Europe

• PALAZZO MIRTO

  Via Merlo, 2 Tel. 091 6164751 Hours: everyday 9.00-19.00 Sundays and holidays  9.00-13.30

  The palace preserves furnishings and Norman richness from the 600 to the 800 period

• DIOCESANO MUSEUM

  Via M. Bonello, 2 Tel. 091 6077111 Hours: from Tuesday to Friday 9.30-13.30  Saturday 10.00-18.00 Sunday and holidays: 9.30-13.30 Closed: on Mondays

  The museum gathers art objects of cult and everything that could risk to be lost in the churches in disuse

• MARIONETTE MUSEUM

  Piazzetta Antonio Pasqualino Tel. 091 328060 Hours: everyday 9.00-13.00 from Monday to Friday 15.30-18.30 Closed: on Sundays

  The museum exposes a rich collection of Sicilian puppets and scenic equipment of different European and Oriental countries

• TOY MUSEUM

  Via Consolare, 51 c/o Villa Cutò Tel. 091 333531 Hours: everyday 9.00-13.00 / 15.30-18.30 Saturday and Sunday 9.00-13.00 Closed: on Mondays

  It preserves toys and dolls from 1700 to 1959

• MODERN ART GALLERY "RESTIVO"

  Via Sant'Anna, 21 Tel. 091 588951 - 091 7402355 Hours: everyday 9.00-18.30 Closed: on Mondays

  It exposes Italian and foreign objets d’art in particular Sicilian artists of the ‘800 to the beginning of the ‘900

• GEOLOGICAL MUSEUM "GEMMELLARO"

  Corso Tukory, 131 Tel. 091 7041051 - 091 7041011 Hours: everyday 9.00-13.00 Closed: on Sundays Closed: from 1/6 to 31/9.

  The visit of the museum leads to observe finds ranging from the Paleozoic era Quaternary with some 600,000 specimens sorted collections

• RISORGIMENTO MUSEUM

  Piazza S. Domenico, 1 Tel. 091 582774 Hours: Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9.00-13.00

  It collects inside relics and objects related to the expedition of the Thousand and statesman Francesco Crispi

• ZOOLOGICAL MUSEUM

  Via Archirafi, 18 c/o dip. di Biologia Animale Tel. 091 6230111 Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 9.00-13.00

  Center for research and educational screened at the zoological knowledge, ecological and ethological fauna of the area