Museo della Ceramica di Nuoro
Museum in the historic Casa Chironi with around 300 Sardinian ceramics of the 20th century, including works by Francesco Ciusa, Salvatore Fancello and Edina Altara.
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About the museum
The Museo della Ceramica was created in Nuoro after more than twenty years of work, during which the municipal administration and the Istituto Superiore Regionale Etnografico (ISRE) restored and adapted the spaces of the historic Casa Chironi, a three-storey building from the late 19th century named after the jurist Giampietro Chironi. The municipality bought the property in 2002 and in 2003 granted it to the ISRE; the museum was inaugurated on 20 July 2023.
A small ISRE collection, enriched with donations and acquisitions, now numbers around 300 works, from functional ceramics to art ceramics, from the early 20th century to the post-war period. They illustrate the main artistic schools and the greatest Sardinian masters, such as Francesco Ciusa, Salvatore Fancello, Federico Melis and Edina Altara, first with a strongly identity-based narrative and later opening up to tourism and international experimentation. One section is devoted to works by important Italian ceramicists.
Nuoro was not, unlike Assemini, Oristano, Dorgali and Pabillonis, a centre of ancient ceramic tradition, but its central role in the island's artistic life made it a crossroads of debate on art from the early years of the 20th century. The display, spread across the three floors of the building, was designed by the architect Antonello Cuccu.
Highlights
- Around 300 Sardinian ceramics of the 20th century
- Works by Francesco Ciusa and Salvatore Fancello
- Section devoted to Italian ceramicists
- Display across the three floors of Casa Chironi
- Combined ticket with the Casa museo Grazia Deledda and the Museo della vita e delle tradizioni popolari sarde
Permanent exhibition
- Collezione permanente di ceramica sarda – Around 300 works from the early 20th century to the post-war period, with ceramics by Sardinian masters such as Ciusa, Fancello, Melis and Altara and a section on Italian ceramicists.
- Founded
- 2023
- Operated by
- Istituto Superiore Regionale Etnografico (ISRE)
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €5 |
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| Reduced | €3Visitors under 18 and over 65, families and groups (more than 5 people) |
| Visitors with disabilities | freecompanion free · Free admission for persons with disabilities and for a relative or companion from social and health services. |
| Students & apprentices | freeFree admission for students and accompanying teachers on educational visits. |
| Combined ticket (Museo della vita e delle tradizioni popolari sarde, Casa museo Grazia Deledda and Museo della Ceramica) | €10 |
| Combined ticket for two museums of your choice | €8 |
Free admission: First Sunday of the month
Free admission also for professional guides leading organised groups, tourist guides, ICOM members (with membership card) and journalists.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible: no information
- Elevator: no information
- Accessible restroom: no information
- 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
The regional cultural portal reports facilitated physical access for visitors with specific needs.
Kids & families
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Getting there & parking
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Amenities & dining
- Museum shop
The regional cultural portal lists a bookshop on site.
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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