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Museo civico di Palazzo della Penna

Civic museum of Perugia in a 16th-century palace, with the collection of the Futurist Gerardo Dottori and the six blackboards by Joseph Beuys from 1980.

Opening hoursAdmission €5 Café

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About the museum

The museum is housed in the 16th-century Palazzo degli Arcipreti della Penna, of a noble Perugian family. Here Ascanio della Penna in the 17th century and his descendant Fabrizio at the beginning of the 19th century assembled important art collections, which were unfortunately dispersed in 1875.

The building was renovated in the early 19th century, and its interior was frescoed by Antonio Castelletti with themes drawn from the myth of Paris. The ideal views of the Stanza dei Paesaggi, by the decorator and stage designer Pasquale Angelini, date from the same period.

Today the civic museum has two main collections: the collection devoted to Gerardo Dottori, an Umbrian exponent of Futurism, with a rich series of works, and the “Joseph Beuys a Perugia” collection, made up of six large blackboards created on 3 April 1980 at the Rocca Paolina during a public event with Alberto Burri. The palace also hosts temporary exhibitions of contemporary art.

Highlights

Works by Gerardo Dottori, master of Umbrian Futurism
Six blackboards by Joseph Beuys made in Perugia in 1980
Frescoes by Antonio Castelletti on the myth of Paris
Stanza dei Paesaggi by Pasquale Angelini

Permanent exhibition

Collezione Gerardo Dottori e «Joseph Beuys a Perugia» – Works by the Umbrian Futurist Gerardo Dottori and six blackboards by Joseph Beuys made in Perugia in 1980.

Operated by: Comune di Perugia
Visitors per year: approx. 14,186

Admission & discounts

Adults	€5
Reduced	€2

Prices vary when exhibitions are on: during some exhibitions a combined museum and exhibition ticket applies (€8 standard, €4 reduced, €3 for young people aged 7 to 17 and school groups).