Galleria d'arte moderna di Genova
Civic gallery of modern art in Nervi, housed in the 16th-century Villa Saluzzo Serra, with over three thousand works from the 19th century to the contemporary period.
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About the museum
The Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Genova (GAM) is based in Nervi, in Villa Saluzzo Serra, a building of 16th-century origin that was extended and decorated between the mid-18th and early 20th centuries and is surrounded by historic parks overlooking the sea. The museum opened at the end of the 1920s and was completely rethought in 2004.
The first nucleus of the collections comes from the donation of Prince Odone di Savoia in 1866, added to over time by bequests and purchases that document the artistic and cultural development of the city and its territory. Today the civic collections number more than three thousand works, including paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints, of which a selection is on display.
The GAM is part of the Musei di Nervi network, together with the Raccolte Frugone, the Museo Giannettino Luxoro and the Wolfsoniana, linked by a route through the public parks and the rose garden of Villa Grimaldi Fassio.
Highlights
- Plein-air painting of the Scuola dei Grigi (Tammar Luxoro, Alfredo D'Andrade, Ernesto Rayper)
- Divisionist works by Rubaldo Merello and large canvases by Plinio Nomellini
- Plaster cast gallery of Giulio Monteverde with over fifty sculptures
- Room devoted to Arturo Martini with the terracotta “La Convalescente”
- Route through 19th- and 20th-century art in Liguria, from Futurism to the 1950s
Permanent exhibition
- Collezioni permanenti della GAM – Route over three floors with painting and sculpture of the 19th and 20th centuries: vedutismo (view painting), Scuola dei Grigi, Divisionism and Symbolism, Futurism and the developments of the 1950s.
- Operated by
- Comune di Genova
- Visitors per year
- approx. 36,769
Admission & discounts
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 17 · Free admission up to the age of 18. |
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| Visitors with disabilities | –companion free · Free admission with a European Disability Card or equivalent certification; the companion is also admitted free. |
| Combined ticket Musei di Nervi (Raccolte Frugone, GAM, Villa Luxoro, Wolfsoniana) – standard | €14Standard rate from Friday to Sunday. |
| Combined ticket Musei di Nervi – reduced | €9Rate applied from Tuesday to Thursday. |
| Combined ticket Musei di Nervi – young people aged 18–25 | €2 |
The website of the Musei di Genova lists a combined ticket for the Musei di Nervi; the price for the single museum is not given. Admission is also free for journalists, tourist guides, ICOM members, teachers with the school card and EU school groups with booking. Residents of the Metropolitan City of Genoa enter free every Sunday and in the last time slot of the day (16:30–17:00). Genova Museum Cards are available: 24 hours €24, 48 hours €45, annual €60.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible
- Elevator
- Accessible restroom
- Accessible parking
- Service dogs welcome: no information
- Tactile models & exhibits: not available
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: not available
The exhibition route runs over three floors and is accessible. A lift connects the ground floor and the first floor; for the second floor there is a small platform lift (cabin 91×82 cm, non-automatic door 75 cm wide). Wheelchair access is on the right-hand side of the building, with a video intercom and a ramp. The museum has a wheelchair. For holders of a disabled parking permit there are two reserved spaces in Via Capolungo next to the entrance.
Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
By public transit
Capolungo 1/Villa Serra · 1-min walk
Bus 517 (stop Nervi – Largo Pesce), 515, 516, 617 and other urban and extra-urban lines; Genova Nervi railway station.
By car
Parking available
Nervi station car park with 130 spaces, about 600 m from the museum through the park.
- Accessible parking
Genova Nervi station is about a 9-minute walk away.
Get directionsAmenities & dining
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Events & venue rental
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | The “Dogs & Museum” dog-sitting service is available for visitors with dogs, with a discount for those holding a ticket to a partner civic museum. |
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