Museums & such
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on highlighted names to link to entry
in Naples: Life, Death & Miracles.
Museum websites, if known, are listed (their sites may or may not have an English page). Phone numbers for tourist boards are after the museum section, below. |
Capodimonte Palace
& Art Museum Via Miano 2. Tel. 081-7499111. open: Tue - Sun 8.30-19.30. Closed Monday. |
Sant’Elmo Castle ![]() Largo San Martino. Tel. 081-5784030. open: Tue - Sun8.30-19.30, Fri 20-23. Closed Monday. |
National Archeological Museum
![]() Piazza Museo. Tel. 081-440166. open: 9.00-19.30 including Sat & Sun. Closed Tue. |
Royal Palace![]() Piazza del Plebiscito. Ticket office: 081.7944053. Main office : 081.5808326 open every day from 9 - 19 except Wednesday. http://www.palazzorealenapoli.it/ |
San Martino Museum Largo San Martino 5. Tel. 081-5781769 open: Tue-Fri 8.30-19.30, Sat & Sun 9.00-23.00. Closed Wednesday. |
Correale
di Terranova Museum (Sorrento)![]() Via Correale, 48 - Sorrento. Tel. 081-8781846. open: 9.00-14.00. Closed Tue. http://www.sorrento-online.com/museocorreale/ |
Duca di Martina Museum
(Floridiana) Villa Floridiana. Via Cimarosa,77. Tel. 081-5788418 open: Tue-Sun 8.30-19.30. Closed Mon. |
Villa Pignatelli Museum
![]() Villa Pignatelli. Riviera di Chiaia, 200. Tel. 081-669675. open: Tue-Sun 8.30-19.30. Closed Mon. |
Santa Chiara Church
& Convent Majolic courtyard & museum. Tel. 081-7971256. open weekdays 9.30-13.00 & 14.30-17.30; holidays 9.30-13.00 |
Science
City Via Coroglio 104. Tel. 081-7352260. Booking: tel 081/3723728 - fax 081/3723730. open Tue-Sun. Closed Mon. http://www.cittadellascienza.it |
Treasures of San Gennaro Museum Via Duomo, 149. Tel. 081-294980. open: Tue-Sat 9-18:30; hol. 9:30-19 Mondays, open by appointment |
Painting
Collection of the Girolamini Via Duomo 142 tel. 081449139 open weekdays 9:30-13 |
Sansevero
Chapel |
National Library![]() Royal Palace Tel. 081-7819294 open Mon-Fri 9-19:30 Sat 9-19 http://www.bnnonline.it/ |
State Archives Piazzetta Grande Archivio, 5. Tel. 081-5638111 open 8:30-17:40 |
University
Library Via Giovanni Paladino, 39 Tel. 081-5517025 - 081-5517153 open Mon -Fri 9:00 -18:45; Sat. 9:00-13:45 |
Dohrn Aquarium (in the) Villa comunale Tel. 081-5833263. weekdays 9-18, holidays 10-19 closed Mondays |
Maschio Angioino![]() Piazza Municipio Tel. 081-7952003 Civic Museum open Mon-Sat 9-19 also contains "Patria Nostra" library |
Pietrarsa
Train Museum![]() Via Pietrarsa. Tel. 081-472003 open Mon-Sat 8:30-13:30 Currently (April 2018) open. Call. their website |
Excavations Beneath the
Naples Cathedral open weekdays 9-12 & 16:30-19 Sun. & hol. 9.00 - 12.00 |
The Museums of Santa Maria Donnaregina
Originally, one monastic complex, now divided into "old" and "new", one block from the Duomo (Cathedral). The two sections
are adjacent and you may pass from one to the other. One section houses the Naples Diocese Museum and the other section
houses MADRE, the Donna Regina Museum of Modern Art.
open weekdays 0900-1200 & 1630-1900
Sun. & hol. 0900 - 1200
Excavations of San
Lorenzo Maggiore & The San Lorenzo Museum Piazza San Gaetano tel.081454948 open Mon-Fri. 9.00-13.00 &15.00 - 17.30 Sat. 9- 17:30 Sun. & hol. 9- 13:30 |
Hall of Sacred Vessels and
Vestments Basilica S. Domenico Maggiore. Tel. 081- 4104421. open Fri & Sat 9:30-12 & 17&30-19 other times by appointment |
Museum of the Sea Via di Pozzuoli, 5 on Island of Ischia Tel. 081-6173749 Open daily 9-13 & 15-19 http://web.tiscali.it/museodelmare/ Also see separate page on Maritime Museums. |
Vesuvius Observatory (in) Herculaneum Tel. 081-6108483 Mon-Fri guided tours 10:00-14:00 http://www.ov.ingv.it/ |
Tucci
Magazine & Newspaper Archives (in the) Main Post Office Tel. 081-5513845 Journals may be checked out daily 9:30-18 Sat 9:30-12 |
Pulcinella
Museum ![]() Acerra (Castello Baronale) Tel. 081/8857249 open Mon-Fri 9 -13; Mon & Wed also 16 - 18 School performances by appointment |
Museum of the
Neapolitan Actor![]() at Piazza Municipio (entrance from pedestrian underpass on east side of square at Via De Pretis) Telephone: +39 (081) 420 3331 open Mon-Sat 9-19, Sun 9-13 |
Farming Museum (in) Santa Maria del Pozzo. Tel. 081-5318496 open Tue-Fri 9-13; Sat & Sun 9-13.00 & 16:30-20 |
Baia Museum of the Campi
Flegrei Via Castello. Bacoli. Tel. 081-5233797. open weekdays 9.00-1 hour before sunset holidays 9.00-13.00. Closed Mondays |
Pompeii & Herculaneum Excavations at Pompeii, Herculaneum Oplontis (photo), Stabia e Boscoreale Info tel. Pompei 0818575347 - Ercolano 0817390963 open daily 8:30 alle 19:30. Last entrance at 18:00 |
The
Foundlings' "Wheel" ![]() Church of the Annunziata) Via Annunziata, 34 open Mon-Sat 9-13. Tel. 081-289032. |
Pio Monte della
Misericordia Via dei Tribunali 253. Tel. 081-446944 Church open Mon-Sat 9-13 Art gallery open Wed, Thurs & Sat 8:30-14:30 other hours by appointment |
Filangieri Museum via Duomo 288 Tel. 081/203211 |
Mineralogy
-Zoology - Anthropology -
Paeleontology - Physics
all at or near Via Mezzocannone, 8. all open Mon-Fri 9-13:30 - also Monday afternoons 15-17 - tel: 081 25 37 587 See this link. |
Pompeii
by Night![]() evening tours Wed-Sat at 21:30 e 22:30 info & booking tel. 081.8616405 & 347.3460346. Wed tour at 21:30 is in English |
Archaeologicial
Museum, Nola![]() Convento della Canossiane Via Cocozza 2, Nola Open 9-19. Closed Mondays tel: 081 8236454 |
Mineralogy
Museum of the Campania Region![]() Vico Equense. Tel. 081-8015668. open weekdays 9-13 & 16-19; holidays 9.00-13.00. Closed Mondays excellent website here |
Palizzi Museum of
Industrial Arts Art Institute Piazza Salazar 6 teL: 081 764 7471 or 764 5775 open 9-14 Mon-Fri. Closed Sat & Sun. |
Basilio Liverini Coral and
Cameo Museum![]() via Montedoro 61 Torre del Greco tel: 081 8811225 |
Museum of Ethno-prehistory Borgo Marinaro (at the Castel dell'Ovo) tel: 081 7645343 |
Museum
of Paleo-and Ethnobotany (in the) Botanical Gardens via Foria 223 tel: 081 449759 or455654 |
Historical Pharmacy (of the) "Hospital for the Incurable" via Maria Longo 50 tel: 081 2549418 |
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Naval Museum (at the) Partenope University (formerly, the Naval Institute) via Acton 38 TEL. 081 54755209 2. Naval Museum adjunct of the San Martino National Museum |
"Duca degli
Abruzzi"
Nautical Teaching
MuseumVia Pozzuoli n. 5 - Bagnoli (Napoli) Tel: 081-5703924 |
Archaeological
Museum![]() Province of Salerno Via S.Benedetto, Salerno Tel: 089 231135 Open weekdays 8-19:30 Sun & hol
9-13:30 |
Toy
Museum![]() entrance from Via Suor Orsola 10, Naples Tel. 081-2522353 open Fridays 9-1400 |
![]() Address: Piazza Cavour 140 80137 Naples Phone:+39 347 645 5332 |
summer hours: 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. (entry until 6 p.m.); winter hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. (entry until 4 p.m.) Closed Tuesdays.
located in the Quisisana Palace in Castellammare di Stabia (NA), entry from the Salita Quisisana.
Tourist Boards for
the Campania Region Main office: Via
Santa Lucia 81 - 80131 Napoli - tel. 081
796.20.34/31/39
Provincial offices:
Naples -
Piazza dei Martiri 58 - 80121 Napoli - tel. 081
405311 Autonomous Tourist Boards: Naples -
Royal Palace - 80132 Naples - tel. 081 2525711 Other Tourist Boards: Amalfi - Corso Roma 19 - 84011 Amalfi - tel. 089 871107Cava dei Tirreni - Corso Umbero I 277 - 84013 Cava dei Tirreni - 089 341572 Maiori - Viale Capone - 84010 Maiori - tel. 089 877452 Paestum - Via Magna Grecia 151 - 84063 Paestum - tel. 0828 811016 Positano - Via Saracino 2 - 84017 Positano - tel. 089 875067 Ravello - Piazza Duomo 10 - 84010 Ravello - 089 857096 Salerno - Piazza Amendola 8 - 84100 Salerno - tel. 089 224744 |