Casa Museo Antonio Gramsci
Birthplace and childhood home of Antonio Gramsci in Ghilarza, reopened in 2025 with a new route on the life, family and thought of the Sardinian intellectual.
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About the museum
The house in Ghilarza is the home where the Gramsci family lived and where the future thinker spent his childhood and youth. In 1965 the building was bought by the Partito Comunista Italiano (Italian Communist Party), which began a first restoration to turn it into a meeting place and a venue for debate on Gramscian thought, the Sardinian question and the labour movement. In 1967, thirty years after Gramsci's death, the house was opened to the public as a documentation and research centre.
The museum display and exhibition route, curated by the architect Cesare Boeri and the scholar Elena Fubini, were inaugurated on 27 April 1975. Management later passed to local associations and, from 2016, to the Fondazione Casa Museo Antonio Gramsci di Ghilarza Onlus, founded by the Fondazione Berlinguer, the Gramsci-Paulesu family, the Fondazione Gramsci of Rome and the Municipality of Ghilarza.
Since May 2023 the house has been closed for a major renovation within the project “Da Ghilarza al mondo: il Polo museale Antonio Gramsci” (From Ghilarza to the World: the Antonio Gramsci Museum Complex), designed by the Studio Lerua of Sassari. The complex includes the historic house and two adjoining buildings, among them the former PCI headquarters in Ghilarza, which have been renovated and linked together. The museum reopened between September and October 2025 with a new two-floor route, rich in images, objects, documents, audio content and virtual reconstructions.
Highlights
- Chronological route from Gramsci's childhood to university and his political years
- Rooms of the family home with objects, photographs and documents
- Touch screens with audio testimonies in every room
- Virtual reality experience “CasaGramsci VR Experience”, by reservation
- Short film “Infanzia e gioventù di Gramsci” (Gramsci's Childhood and Youth), with subtitles in several languages
Permanent exhibition
- Percorso espositivo permanente della Casa Museo – The route unfolds over two floors and traces Gramsci's life in chronological order, with images, objects, documents, audio and video.
- Founded
- 1975
- Operated by
- Fondazione Casa Museo Antonio Gramsci di Ghilarza Onlus
- Visitors per year
- approx. 4,065
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €5 |
|---|---|
| Reduced | €3Children aged 6 to 17, adults over 65, groups of 10 people |
| Children & teens | €3Free admission up to age 6; reduced rate from age 6 to 17. |
| Visitors with disabilities | freecompanion free · Free admission for visitors with disabilities and their companion. |
| Groups (10+ people) | €3 per personReduced rate for groups of 10 people. |
| Guided tour (supplement) | €3In addition to the entrance ticket |
| Virtual reality (supplement) | €5In addition to the entrance ticket |
Free admission for residents of Ghilarza, tourist guides registered in the national register and ICOM members.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible
- Elevator
- Accessible restroom
- Accessible parking: no information
- Service dogs welcome: no information
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
Barriers removed at the entrance (minimal thresholds, widened doors). The upper floor is reached by a platform lift; there are ramps between the rooms and adapted toilets. Touch screens with adjustable movable arms and enlargeable images.
Kids & families
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Getting there & parking
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Amenities & dining
- Museum shop
Ticket office with bookshop.
Events & venue rental
The complex has a multipurpose space.
Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
|---|---|
| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Guided tours for a fee; booking compulsory. Educational services and workshops on request (didattica@casamuseogramsci.it). The VR Experience, by reservation, is available in Italian, English and Sardinian, with subtitles. |
