Cagliari, National Picture Gallery

The National Art Gallery is one of the exhibition venues of the National Archaeological Museum of Cagliari, an Institute of the Ministry of Culture endowed with special autonomy since 2019.
It is located in the ancient Castello district, inside the Citadel of Museums built between 1956 and 1979 with the recovery of the Royal Arsenal and the medieval walls designed by the architects Libero Cecchini and Piero Gazzola.
The Pinacoteca has a pictorial collection focused on Sardinia, which ranges from the 15th to the 20th century and is divided into three exhibition floors.
The original nucleus of the patrimony of the National Art Gallery was formed following two events: the first was the law on the suppression of ecclesiastical orders (Royal Decree No. 3036 of July 7, 1866), which authorized the collection of the most significant works and furnishings by the State; the second was the destruction in 1875 of the church of San Francesco, which stood in the historic district of Stampace in Cagliari.
On November 1, 1871, lightning struck the bell tower of San Francesco, causing very serious damage to the structure. Unfortunately, the projects carried out for the recovery of the structure were not implemented and the dramatic decision to demolish it was arrived at in 1875. The destruction of the Church brought to the Pinacoteca a large number of altarpieces and other paintings of great value.
All the material collected was housed in Palazzo Belgrano, in the current Via Università, and in 1889 it was taken over by Filippo Vivanet, Commissioner of Museums and Excavations of Antiquities, and inventoried by Vincenzo Crespi, Curator of the Museum.
The pictorial collection, together with the archaeological finds that made up the first “Museum of Antiquities”, was transferred to Palazzo Vivanet in Via Roma. Right from the start, the exhibition space was insufficient compared to the quantity and variety of the material preserved. Following the need to find a location for the finds, a new museum headquarters was designed by Dionigi Scano in the space previously occupied by the Royal Mint.
In 1904, the Royal Archaeological Museum was inaugurated in Independence Square.
The historical-artistic and ethnographic collections were exhibited in the rooms of the Palazzo delle Seziate, the building next to the Museum.
In 1955, in the area of the former Royal Arsenal, heavily damaged by the bombings of the Second World War, work began on the creation of the Citadel of Museums: a cultural center that would house the University and other cultural institutions. The works, followed by the architects Libero Cecchini and Pietro Gazzola, have enhanced what remains of the ancient fortifications and military buildings of the Royal Arsenal, transforming the area into a place of exhibition and use, where the Archaeological Museum and the Art Gallery have also been housed since the 90s.
After a series of adaptation and installation works, the National Art Gallery was opened to the public on July 1, 1992.
(texts from the official website of the Pinacoteca)

Why it's important to visit it
The Cagliari Art Gallery is important above all for the opportunity to deepen the knowledge of Catalan and Sardinian painters, who worked on the island at the time of the Aragonese domination.

Tag

Structure category: museum, gallery and/or collection

Content type: Arts

Usability: Open

Province: Cagliari

Common: Cagliari

Macro Territorial Area: South Sardinia

POSTAL CODE: 09124

Address: piazza Arsenale, 1

Telephone: +39 070 655911

E-mail: man-ca@cultura.gov.it

Website: museinazionalicagliari.cultura.gov.it/musei/pinacoteca/?Category

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January - December

Monday - Wednesday - Thursday - Friday - Saturday - Sunday

8:45 AM - 7:45 PM

Information on tickets and access: The ticket office is located at the entrance of the Archaeological Museum and closes at 19:00. Every first Sunday of the month, admission to the museum is free. More information at the following link: https://www.beniculturali.it/agevolazioni. Purchasing tickets online is possible by registering on this web page.

Access mode: For a fee

Tickets :

Integer : 9 €, grownups, .

Reduced : 4.5 €, , .

Freeware : 0 €, minors up to 18 years old, people with disabilities and caregivers, MiC staff, I.C.O.M. members, licensed EU tourist guides, groups of students from public and private schools in the EU, accompanied by their teachers, upon reservation, teachers and students of university courses from the following faculties: architecture, conservation of cultural heritage, education sciences or letters and philosophy with an archaeological or historical-artistic orientation, journalists through the exhibition of documents proving the professional activity carried out, personal Italian school teacher with a certificate issued by the educational institution, soldiers of the Cultural Heritage Protection Unit, .

Services information: Reservations are required for guided tours and educational workshops.

Other services: Route for the blind and visually impaired with tactile maps.

Update

22/4/2024 - 00:22

Services

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