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Museum in Ferrara dedicated to Michelangelo Antonioni, built around his archive: a chronological route, four immersive rooms and an events space.
June 13, 2026 – November 1, 2026
The exhibition sets the “montagne incantate” painted by Antonioni in the 1970s and 1980s against the early travel photographs of Luigi Ghirri. Curated by Frederic Montornés.
The Spazio Antonioni is the museum dedicated to the Ferrara-born film director Michelangelo Antonioni. It opened on 1 June 2024 in an annex of Palazzo Massari, in the former carriage house. From 1976 to 2023 the same spaces housed the Padiglione d’arte contemporanea (Contemporary Art Pavilion). The Comune di Ferrara was looking for a new home for the archive that the director had entrusted to it, after the earlier Museo Michelangelo Antonioni closed in 2006.
The building was renovated to a design by the Rome-based studio Alvisi Kirimoto. It has two floors, each consisting of a large room with movable walls that guide the visit. The museum is built around the director’s archive, which includes films, screenplays, photographs, posters, drawings, paintings, books, records and letters.
The route follows the stages of Antonioni’s career in chronological order and includes four immersive rooms with scenes from his films and a multipurpose space for film series, lectures, workshops and exhibitions. On the upper floor is the section “Le montagne incantate” (The Enchanted Mountains), with small watercolours by the artist enlarged to mountain profiles; the Oscar and Golden Lion statuettes on display are replicas.
| Adults | €6 |
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| Reduced | €4For the categories entitled to reduced admission, see the concessions of the Musei Civici di Ferrara. |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 17 · Free admission for under-18s. |
| Visitors with disabilities | freecompanion free · Free admission for people with disabilities with a companion. |
| Groups (15+ people) | €4 per personOrganised groups of 15 to 25 people, companions and guides included. |
| Groups outside opening hours (from 2026, per person) | €12Minimum 25 tickets, booking at least 7 working days in advance; additional organisational costs may apply. |
Free admission: Free admission on the visitor’s birthday or, if the museum is closed that day, on the next day it is open.
Free admission also for school groups from primary and secondary schools with accompanying teachers, MyFe Card holders, tourist guides and journalists with a press card, and first-year students enrolled in courses at the Università di Ferrara with a badge.
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| Good to know | Booking recommended and free for individual visitors and groups (Ufficio Informazioni e Prenotazioni Mostre e Musei, +39 0532 244 949, diamanti@comune.fe.it). |
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