An avant-garde journey through Umbrian art history

After two long years of refurbishment, the Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria finally reopened to the public on 1 July 2022 with a modern, sustainable, intuitive exhibition itinerary with state-of-the-art solutions such as new multimedia equipment and augmented captions that now make the visit more stimulating and accessible to all.

From room to room, the collection follows a chronological itinerary. Beginning in the 13th century, the itinerary proposes Umbrian, Tuscan and Marche masterpieces by a number of Medieval and Renaissance protagonists: from the Master of St. Francis to the Tuscans Nicola and Giovanni Pisano, from Arnolfo di Cambio to Duccio di Boninsegna, up to Gentile da Fabriano and Lorenzo Salinbeni. Then we encounter some personalities from the Renaissance period: the works of Beato Angelico and Benozzo Gozzoli, Benedetto Bonfigli's evocative frescoes in the historic Cappella dei Priori, but above all one of the masterpieces the Gallery prides itself on: Piero della Francesca's Polyptych of St. Anthony. Perugino, Pinturicchio and Raphael enjoy a number of monographic rooms due to the large number of works in the collection, while a number of masterpieces of Umbrian art from the 17th to the 20th century conclude the visit: from Orazio Gentileschi to Pietro da Cortona and Sassoferrato to Gerardo Dottori and Alberto Burri. The National Gallery's collection can now also be explored from home! See https://gallerianazionaledellumbria.it/en/collection/

Inside the Gallery you will also find a bookshop, a restoration workshop and a library specialising in Art History that is open to scholars and students and now has over 25,000 volumes. In addition to a conference room, the frescoed Sala Podiani is available for temporary exhibitions, concerts and performances.