Museo della Grande Guerra di Gorizia
Museum in Borgo Castello, in the basements of the Case Dornberg and Tasso: ten rooms on the lives of soldiers and civilians in the First World War.
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About the museum
The museum was founded in 1924 as the Museo della Redenzione (Museum of the Redemption) in Palazzo Attems and reorganised in 1946 after the damage caused by the Second World War. Since 1990 it has been housed in the basements of the 16th-century Case Dornberg and Tasso in Borgo Castello, with an approach that was innovative at the time: it shifted the focus from the military dimension to the everyday life of the conflict. Since 2016 it has been run by ERPAC FVG together with the other provincial museums of Gorizia.
After a long programme of structural and museographic renovation, the museum reopened on 17 July 2025 with a new route through ten rooms, curated by Alessandra Martina and Lucio Fabi. The narrative follows the lives of Italian and Austro-Hungarian soldiers at the front and of the civilian population, with uniforms, weapons, ammunition, documents and photographs.
The heart of the route is the diorama of the battlefield, renewed with multimedia installations, alongside a section on the destruction suffered by Gorizia and a final room on memory, with the post-war monuments and war memorials. The texts are in Italian, Slovene and English, and the route has been made accessible with ramps, lifts and platform lifts.
Highlights
- Battlefield diorama with multimedia installations
- Ten rooms on the lives of soldiers and civilians
- Section on the destruction of Gorizia
- Final room on post-war monuments and war memorials
- Texts in Italian, Slovene and English
Permanent exhibition
- Percorso permanente in dieci sale – Uniforms, weapons, documents and photographs on life at the front and in the towns during the First World War, with a multimedia battlefield diorama.
- Founded
- 1924
- Operated by
- ERPAC FVG – Musei provinciali di Gorizia
- Visitors per year
- approx. 21,113
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €6 |
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| Reduced | €3young people aged 18 to 25, groups of at least 10 people, families with children (per adult), members of Coop, FAI and Touring Club Italiano |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 17 · Free admission for under-18s. |
| Visitors with disabilities | freecompanion free · Free admission for people with disabilities, with one companion. |
| Groups (10+ people) | €3 per personGroups of at least 10 people: reduced ticket per person. School classes: €1 per pupil. |
| Admission with guided tour, standard | €11 |
| Admission with guided tour, reduced | €8 |
| School classes with guided tour | €6 |
Free admission: First Sunday of the month: free admission for everyone.
Free admission also for serving teachers, licensed tourist guides, journalists with a press card, ICOM members and holders of the FVG Card. With a supplement of €1 on a museum ticket, you can also visit the other provincial museums, including Palazzo Attems Petzenstein.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible
- Elevator
- 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
Since the 2025 redevelopment the route is accessible by ramps, platforms, lifts, platform lifts and stairlifts, with new entrances and internal routes.
Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
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Amenities & dining
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Events & venue rental
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Guided group visits can be booked by e-mail at didatticamusei.erpac@regione.fvg.it or by phone at +39 348 130 4726. Captions are in Italian, Slovene and English. |
