Museo di Palazzo Pretorio
Museo di Palazzo Pretorio
4.5
10:30 AM - 6:30 PM
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10:30 AM - 6:30 PM
Wednesday
10:30 AM - 6:30 PM
Thursday
10:30 AM - 6:30 PM
Friday
10:30 AM - 6:30 PM
Saturday
10:30 AM - 6:30 PM
Sunday
10:30 AM - 6:30 PM
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Gethin683
Cardiff, UK200 contributions
Aug 2014 • Couples
Presented over the three floors are an unparalleled collection of Renaisance masterpieces including many monumental alter pieces and some large works by Fillipo Lippi who is rightly renowned but whose exemplary work remains outstanding in the setting of the other masters whose paintings are shown. The uppermost floor has sculptures including a section of Lipschitz donated by the artists family. The light gallery overlooks the city. This museum takes a couple of hours but is well worth the visit.
It is open until 10:00-13:00 but closes during the heat re opening 16:00-20:00. Entrance is €8. There is a useful guide (which is a Bargain for €10) to take home. If one had only one day to visit Prato - the Cathedral, Opera del Duomo cathedral museum in the am - a long lunch and then a visit to this would be achievable - supper and back on the train to Firenze if that's where you are staying.
It is open until 10:00-13:00 but closes during the heat re opening 16:00-20:00. Entrance is €8. There is a useful guide (which is a Bargain for €10) to take home. If one had only one day to visit Prato - the Cathedral, Opera del Duomo cathedral museum in the am - a long lunch and then a visit to this would be achievable - supper and back on the train to Firenze if that's where you are staying.
Written August 3, 2014
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Paul L
Eindhoven, The Netherlands3,493 contributions
Dec 2016 • Couples
This museum is well laid out and perfectly displays the major works of the civic art collection. Seeing it in Prato adds to understanding and the quality of your visit to Prato. Good for 2 - 3 hours with wonderful views out the windows. We enjoyed a great sunset from the upper floors of the museum while enjoying the art.
Written February 4, 2017
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sandro c
Prato, Italy330 contributions
Apr 2014
Today reopening of Museo Civico in Prato!!!!!
amazing!!!!!!!!
3 floors of treasures, from 14th centuries to 20th. Unbelievable how many masterpieces' you can find in this museum.
and the museum is one of the best medieval building in Italy!!!!!
amazing!!!!!!!!
3 floors of treasures, from 14th centuries to 20th. Unbelievable how many masterpieces' you can find in this museum.
and the museum is one of the best medieval building in Italy!!!!!
Written April 12, 2014
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ianthy
London, UK508 contributions
Jul 2014 • Couples
How does Prato expect to attract more tourists and visitors to their lovely town when they close for long lunches. I would love to have visited this attraction but it closed for 3 hours for lunch.
Written July 31, 2014
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Lyn&MarkfromOz
Melbourne, Australia1,068 contributions
May 2017 • Couples
Beautifully restored palazzo, great collection, well curated, excellent signage in Italian and English, top view from the roof.
Whats not to like.
Whats not to like.
Written May 21, 2017
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Barbara M
Camerano Casasco86 contributions
Aug 2015 • Couples
The building has been beautifully restored, but the permanent exhibition is remarkably poor in quality. Some of the names may be famous, but the examples of their work displayed here would not really merit attention in other Italian museums.
The commune does not do itself a favour with its 7 day a week car exclusion policy which extends over quite a large area of the city and results in ex-ordinarily high taxi fares. Also it is not helpful when one arrives at the museum when the doors are open (but just before the official opening time of 10.30) to be advised one cannot sit in the entrance area, out the glare of the sun, because the museum does not have insurance cover for your seven minutes sojourn in the entrance area.
All in all, there are better things to do and see in Tuscany!
The commune does not do itself a favour with its 7 day a week car exclusion policy which extends over quite a large area of the city and results in ex-ordinarily high taxi fares. Also it is not helpful when one arrives at the museum when the doors are open (but just before the official opening time of 10.30) to be advised one cannot sit in the entrance area, out the glare of the sun, because the museum does not have insurance cover for your seven minutes sojourn in the entrance area.
All in all, there are better things to do and see in Tuscany!
Written August 10, 2015
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Brun066
Florence, Italy12,236 contributions
Dec 2021
This museum - housed in a distinguished building - well represents the events of the history of art in Prato; events in no way secondary given that - among other things - Donatello worked in the city; and Filippo Lippi, one of the greatest painters of the Tuscan school of the fifteenth century, master of Botticelli, has been active in Prato for over a decade starting from 1452.
The works of Filippo Lippi in Prato are mainly in the Cathedral: the so-called "Madonna del Ceppo" is preserved in the museum, while two works of excellence are in the museum by his natural son Filippino Lippi: the table with "Madonna with child and saints" and the fresco of the “Tabernacle of the corner of Mercatale”, much praised by Giorgio Vasari and prodigiously recomposed after it had been reduced to fragments by the 1944 bombings.
Still stands out among the oldest tables a masterpiece by Giovanni da Milano, a "Polyptych with Madonna and saints", and two by Bernardo Daddi, a "Madonna and child" and a predella with "Stories of the sacred belt" (this is a relic fundamental for the history and identity of the city of Prato).
These masterpieces are accompanied by many other significant pictorial works, from the Middle Ages to the 18th century, distributed on the first and second floors of the Museum.
The third floor, on the other hand, is outstanding - as well as for the panoramic windows - for two excellent collections: plenty of sculptures by Lorenzo Bartolini, a neoclassical artist from Prato (1777-1850); and the plaster casts from the collection of Jacques Lipchitz (1891-1973), a “cubist” sculptor of Lithuanian origin, whose family donated these works to the museum.
The museum - renovated not many years ago - is very well organized. I would like to point out the efficiency of the audio guide, in multiple languages, which adequately illustrates a large number of works.
A visit is certainly to be recommended.
The works of Filippo Lippi in Prato are mainly in the Cathedral: the so-called "Madonna del Ceppo" is preserved in the museum, while two works of excellence are in the museum by his natural son Filippino Lippi: the table with "Madonna with child and saints" and the fresco of the “Tabernacle of the corner of Mercatale”, much praised by Giorgio Vasari and prodigiously recomposed after it had been reduced to fragments by the 1944 bombings.
Still stands out among the oldest tables a masterpiece by Giovanni da Milano, a "Polyptych with Madonna and saints", and two by Bernardo Daddi, a "Madonna and child" and a predella with "Stories of the sacred belt" (this is a relic fundamental for the history and identity of the city of Prato).
These masterpieces are accompanied by many other significant pictorial works, from the Middle Ages to the 18th century, distributed on the first and second floors of the Museum.
The third floor, on the other hand, is outstanding - as well as for the panoramic windows - for two excellent collections: plenty of sculptures by Lorenzo Bartolini, a neoclassical artist from Prato (1777-1850); and the plaster casts from the collection of Jacques Lipchitz (1891-1973), a “cubist” sculptor of Lithuanian origin, whose family donated these works to the museum.
The museum - renovated not many years ago - is very well organized. I would like to point out the efficiency of the audio guide, in multiple languages, which adequately illustrates a large number of works.
A visit is certainly to be recommended.
Written December 21, 2021
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ElisaManci
Prato, Italy31 contributions
Jun 2019
The city museum preserves and shows incredible works of art and ancient masterpieces from the middle ages to Renaissance, to modern and contemporary art. It was an unexpected discovery for my friends and myself!
Written November 6, 2019
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Rotterdam-Ton
Rotterdam, the Netherlands14 contributions
Sep 2019 • Couples
The museum is nicely laid out and located in the inner city of Prato. However, we thought it is far from some the reviews mentioned here. Lots of technical issues that were plaguing the exhibition. Lighting broken, video presentations not available (not working today...) and the lift had issues.
So, we left the museum with a feeling that more could be done with it. Maybe the lack of visitors is causing a cash flow issue?
So, we left the museum with a feeling that more could be done with it. Maybe the lack of visitors is causing a cash flow issue?
Written September 23, 2019
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Anna W
Empoli, Italy48 contributions
Nov 2018 • Solo
It's a great museum for an introduction to Tuscan artists as you not only see their works of art but if you get the audio guide you can listen to some information and background about the artists too, as well as information about the paintings. Here you can learn about the artists you are most interested in and admire their paintings in a non-crowded museum and then once you have more of an insight into art from this region you can go to face the crowds in Florence and just focus on the certain art works or artists that you are really interested in.
Written December 9, 2018
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