ENTRANCE
Entry price: € 4.00
red € 2 (18 to 25 years). Free Up to 18 years Over 65 schools and arts and humanities students
HOURS
Always open
9-14 Thursday 9-19 Sunday and weekday holidays: 9-13 The ticket office closes 30 minutes before
Contacts
Telephone: +39 0532 205844
FAX: +39 0532 204857
www.pinacotecaferrara.it
Created in 1836, the Picture Gallery was the first public collection of Ferrarese paintings, put together to bring a halt to the dispersion of local artistic patrimony by setting up a modern museum in which to conserve and promote Ferrara's art and culture. In 1958, the Picture Gallery, until then consisting mainly of medium-sized and large works with holy themes, passed under the national trust. In the following years it was enriched by donations and collections: today the museum has more than two hundred holy and profane works that offer the visitor a full view of Ferrarese painting between the 13th and the 17th centuries. The works are arranged in the rooms of the piano nobile, such as the Hall of Honour, decorated with beautiful 16th-century ceilings.
Source: local Staff of Ferrara