Museo Joyce

About the museum

The Joyce Museum in Trieste was created through an agreement between the civic library “Attilio Hortis” and the Department of Humanities of the University of Trieste, and was made possible by a generous donation from Dominic Martin. It is conceived as a dynamic institution that gathers materials on the period Joyce spent in the city and promotes knowledge of the relationship between the Irish writer and Trieste.

Today the museum can be visited within LETS – Museo della Letteratura a Trieste, at piazza Attilio Hortis 4, alongside the Museo Svevo and the Museo Saba. The route is organised in sections on Joyce in Dublin, Joyce in Trieste (1904–1920), the relationship between Joyce and Svevo, and the Paris and Zurich years.

The Adriatic city played a key role in the life and work of the writer, who lived there for a long time and wrote part of his work there. The museum also offers a Joycean itinerary and hosts the events of Bloomsday, the annual festival dedicated to Joyce.

Highlights

• Joyce in Trieste, 1904–1920
• The relationship between Joyce and Italo Svevo
• Sections on Dublin, Paris and Zurich
• Joycean itinerary through the city
• Bloomsday, the annual festival dedicated to Joyce

Permanent exhibition

• Museo Joyce: Dublino, Trieste, Parigi e Zurigo – A route through the life and works of James Joyce, with a section on his Trieste years (1904–1920) and his relationship with Italo Svevo.

Operated by

Comune di Trieste – Biblioteca civica Attilio Hortis

Visitors per year

approx. 9,805

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

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