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Comics museum in Pordenone, in Villa Galvani, with a permanent display in twenty sections, original pages and historical publications; also home to exhibitions and courses.
October 29, 2026 – November 22, 2026
Works by students of ISIA Roma Design, Pordenone branch, arising from a workshop that reinterprets Collodi's characters in graphic signs and forms made from recycled materials.
October 17, 2026 – March 29, 2027
The industrial history of textiles in Pordenone through the figure of entrepreneur Luciano Savio, with posters and historic advertising campaigns of major Italian textile brands.
September 11, 2026 – November 1, 2026
Tribute to the graphic artist and cartoonist from Cadore, Eronda (Mario De Donà, 1924–2009), with more than fifty original plates, including the unpublished strips of “PotPot, l'automino” from 1972–1973.
The Palazzo del Fumetto, known as PAFF! Palazzo Arti Fumetto Friuli, was founded in 2018 as a cultural centre that uses comics to educate and entertain. In March 2023, with the opening of the permanent display, an archive, an air-conditioned store and a consultable library, it became the Museo Internazionale dell’Arte del Fumetto. The curator is Luca Raffaelli, an expert in comics and animation.
The venue is Villa Galvani, a Venetian-style villa dating from 1850 that belonged to the Galvani family of ceramicists, in the public park just a few dozen metres from the centre of Pordenone. Renovated in the 1990s and used as an exhibition space, in 2010 it was extended with a modern art gallery and a 90-seat auditorium. The complex, covering about 2,000 square metres, also includes a teaching room, a terrace, a bookshop, a café point and a cloakroom.
The permanent display occupies the first floor and is organised into twenty sections, each devoted to one comics format: the Sunday page, the newspaper strip, the Italian libretto, the Franco-Belgian album, the Japanese tankōbon and the graphic novel. Among drawers, cabinets, facsimiles, originals and audiovisual material, there are original pages, sketches, scripts, rare publications, props and costumes from films based on comics. The collection includes over 200 original pages and about 1,500 publications and objects by more than 150 authors, acquired from auctions, private collections such as that of Salvatore Oliva, loans and donations.
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The audio guide includes video in Italian Sign Language (LIS) and International Sign Language (ISL) and texts in easy-to-read language.
Great for kids & families
Reduced family ticket for two adults and at least one young person aged 11 to 18; activities for children aged 6 to 10 at a discounted price, plus drawing and manga courses for children and young people.
Parco Galvani
From Pordenone station take lines 3, 4, 5, P12, P13, P14, P23, P24, P33 or P65 and get off at the Parco Galvani stop; on foot it is about 15 minutes.
Parking available
Car parks open 24 hours a day: P1 Marcolin (from Via Riviera di Pordenone), P2 Rivierasca (from Piazza Giustiniano and Via Riviera di Pordenone), P3 Park Dante and P4 Vallona (from Viale Dante).
The museum is in the Villa at Parco Galvani, next to the Galleria Armando Pizzinato.
Get directionsBookshop, café point and cloakroom; the complex also has a terrace and a 90-seat auditorium.
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| Guided tours | yes |
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| Audio guide | yes (IT, EN) |
| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | The audio guide is a free app for iOS and Android, with tracks of up to 120 seconds for the twenty rooms. Guided tours and tickets are booked online through the museum’s ticket office. |
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