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    Casa Museo Lodovico Pogliaghi

    91 Reviews
    #4 of 147 things to do in Varese
    Museums, Specialty Museums
    Closed Now: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
    Viale delle Cappelle | Localita Santa Maria del Monte, Varese, Italy
    Open today: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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    “Beautiful villa and museum”

    In a Liberty style villa there are so many pieces of art you cannot imagine ! And with the fab... read more

    Reviewed December 11, 2018
    monicau_12
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    Varese, Italy
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    “A gem”

    Most of the people who walk up Sacro Monte don't even realize the existence of this small museum on... read more

    Reviewed June 7, 2018
    JackRossi
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    Varese, Italy
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    Reviewed December 11, 2018 via mobile
    Beautiful villa and museum

    In a Liberty style villa there are so many pieces of art you cannot imagine ! And with the fab landscape you can only see from sacro monte!!

    Date of experience: December 2018
    Thank monicau_12
    Reviewed June 7, 2018
    A gem

    Most of the people who walk up Sacro Monte don't even realize the existence of this small museum on the left side of the path. The Villa hosts a very dense and eclectic collection that spans from Egyptian and Roman artifacts to Chinese vases and...More

    Date of experience: April 2018
    Thank JackRossi
    Reviewed November 8, 2017
    The BEST Reason to Visit Varese

    I was Wow'd by Lodovico Pogliaghi's determination to create a truly unique showcase of his antiquities that he assembled in his lifetime working throughout Northern Italy. It is reminiscent for me of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. I spent nearly an hour inside...More

    Date of experience: November 2017
    Thank MarcoPro2050
    Reviewed January 2, 2017 via mobile
    A "must" in Varese

    Have you ever visited a museum that includes, among other, Roman statues, Egyptian sarcophagi, Chinese vases, gilded ceilings, alabaster windows and the original model of a magnificent Gothic Cathedral (the Duomo of Milan, specifically) ...? Pogliaghi house museum is all this and also a wonderful...More

    Date of experience: December 2016
    2  Thank Stefano R
    Reviewed July 20, 2016
    Breathtakingly Beautiful

    when i visit Italy 11th July 2016, Varese is my Point of entry where my cousins lived its about 45 minutes away from Milan. my 2nd Day in Varese my cousin told me to visit this place and i must say when we reached the...More

    Date of experience: July 2016
    2  Thank Michael P
    Reviewed June 26, 2016
    Really random

    i stumbled upon this by accident. I had walked past this museum for years without knowing anything about the amazing person who built the extremely original house, collected random articles such as ancient Egyptian coffins, Greek statues and Ming vases and sculpted the bronze doors...More

    Date of experience: November 2015
    Thank Iain S
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    During Xmas time the museum has the following opening hours: From 26/12 to 05/01: 14.00 – 17.30. From 06/01 to 08/01: 10.00 – 17.30. You can reach the museum by public transportation: bus line "C" brings you from Varese... More
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