We bought the Perugia card for €10 each, which allows you to visit five attractions including the National Gallery, and we agreed that we had more than our money's worth from the Gallery alone. My advice is to give yourself plenty of time - we arrived shortly after 9 a.m. and staggered out, exhausted but overwhelmed, three hours later.As others have said, the Peruginos are the most striking works, but there are many works by less well-known artists that are very impressive. Not all of these are Umbrian and a few are not even Italian by birth though they worked in Italy - we were particularly taken with the realistic style of the 17th-century Valentin de Boulogne.
This art gallery holds one of the best art collections in Italy, including rare works by Perugino, Pinturicchio and other Umbrian artists.
Artfanatics real must-see place. Other minor disappointment. When I visited there, there was on exhibiotion of two Canaletto paintings. They were well worth seeing, and perhaps this was a once in a lifetime event to see them. The building is beautiful inside.
a thorough visit would take much more time than that available to the average tourist. Yet, room after room you get the chance to see and enjoy ssome of the most eloquent evidences of Umbria's glorious artistic past.
Turned out to be closed on Mondays. Never mind. I could never have seen as much as I wanted to in the time available, and it'll be a good excuse to come back to Perugia - :)
I am a big fan of Perugino, so it was the museum for me- many many of his great works. In general, the museum is quite big and you have plenty to see in it.
A great museum, beautifully laid out and an excellent collection spanning Italian painting, and some other things of course.
This is a really well laid out art gallery in a beautiful building. You start on the third floor with medieval and renaissance paintings. There are lots information boards, in Italian and English describing each period and the associated artists. You proceed down to the second floor, with all the works being in chronological order. The emphasis is on Umbrian paintings. The gallery can easily keep you occupied for the morning.
Excellent collection of Italian art between the 13th and 19th centuries. We highly recommend this museum. We spent two hours in this amazing museum.
Visually stunning building with an impressive collection. Even if the art is not to your liking, it's worth a trip to enjoy the structure.