The museums of Naples

Museums, art galleries, and historic palaces in Naples

For more info:
www.inaples.it

Tours of Neapolitan museums:
• The Museums of Naples (Archaeology; Capodimonte)
• Context: Archaological Museum of Naples
• Context: Capodimonte Museum
• Context: Custom Walk of Naples

TOURS OF NAPLES:

Tours of Naples:
• Context: Welcome to Naples
• Context: Orientation Chat
• Context: Custom Walk (Naples)
• Context: Archaological Museum of Naples
• The Museums of Naples (Archaeology; Capodimonte)
• Naples City and Pompeii Half Day Sightseeing Tour
• Small Group Naples City Sightseeing Tour
• Context: Caravaggio and the Baroque in Naples
• Context: La Vita Napoletana
• Context: Ancient Naples: above and underground
• Context: Ancient Naples: above and underground for Families
• Context: Capodimonte Museum
• Context: Neapolitan Christmas Traditions
• Context: Contemporary Naples

Specialty tours & workshops:
• Context: Pizza Making Workshop
• Context: Cucina Napoletana, Cooking in Naples
• Context: Mosaic Workshop
• Context: Naples Shopping Tour

GUIDED SIDETRIPS & DAYTRIPS

Tours including Pompeii & Vesuvius:
• Context: Half Day Pompeii
• Context: Pompeii Excursion (all-day; includes Naples Archaeology Museum)
• Context: Custom Full-Day Archaeology around Mt. Vesuvius (combine Pompeii, Herculaneum, Vesuvius, Oplontis, however you like)
• Context: Pompeii Adventure (for Families)
• Mt Vesuvius and Pompeii Day Trip from Naples
• Pompeii Half-day Trip from Naples
• Naples City and Pompeii Half Day Sightseeing Tour
• Mt Vesuvius Half-Day Trip from Naples

Tours to the Amalfi Coast or Capri:
• Private tour of Sorrento, Positano, Amalfi, and Ravello from Naples
• Capri Day Trip with Lunch from Naples
• Context: Monti Lattari Hike (Amalfi Coast)

Tours to the Campi Flegrei and Paestum
• Context: Fields of Fire: Baia, Cumae and the Campi Flegrei
• Context: Paestum Excursion (from Naples)

TOURS OF NAPLES & CAMPANIA FROM ROME:

Tours of Naples FROM ROME:
• Context: Pompeii Excursion including Naples Archeology Museum from Rome
• Naples and Pompeii Day Trip from Rome

Tours including Pompeii & Vesuvius FROM ROME:
• FROM ROME: Context: Pompeii Excursion including Naples Archeology Museum from Rome
• FROM ROME: Rome to Pompeii Shuttle & Independent Day Trip
• FROM ROME: Naples and Pompeii Day Trip
• FROM ROME: Pompeii Day Trip
• FROM ROME: Pompeii and Amalfi Coast Small Group Day Trip

Tours to the Amalfi Coast or Capri FROM ROME:
• FROM ROME: Pompeii and Amalfi Coast Small Group Day Trip

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Tours & Activities

★★★ Museo Archeologico - This is one of the most significant archaeological collections in Europe (certainly Southern Italy's best), the only absolutely required sight in Naples, and well worth 2–3 hours of your time. If you explore Pompeii without paying this museum a visit as well, you've missed out on half the riches. The best statues, mosaics, and wall paintings at Pompeii that could be carried off (and hadn't been already by looters) were long ago removed from the archaeological site to be preserved here, alongside finds from across Southern Italy as well as many from Rome itself (including the important and impressive statuary collected by the Farnese family)... » more

★★ Museo Capodimonte - Set in an 18th-century royal palace in the midst of shady, grassy Capodimonte park high above the city, this is by far the best painting gallery in all of Southern Italy, particularly strong in works from Old Masters representing all phases of the Renaissance and baroque periods, including notable works by Caravaggio and Ribera... » more

★ Palazzo Reale - Naples' royal palace had to be restructured following Allied bomb damage in 1943, but retains some sumptuous royal apartments and, in niches along the 18th-century facade, statues of the greatest kings from the eight dynasties that have ruled Naples... » more

★ Certosa di San Martino - This 14th-century Carthusian monastery was baroqued in the 17th century, and is today famous for its fine church, peaceful cloisters, great views, small painting gallery, and remarkable presepio collection of Christmas crèches. What's more, the views across the city below from its perch atop Vomero hill are fantastic... » more

Castel Nuovo - Though the core Maschio Angioino, or Angevin Dungeon, was built in the 13th century, the grand entrance arch wedged between two massive 15th-century bastions is pure Renaissance. Inside are statues and frescoes from the 14th and 15th century, a middling collection of paintings from the 15th to 20th centuries, and the huge Sala dei Baroni hall where Naples' City Council still meets... » more

Museo Civico G. Filangeri - A small, private house museum with an eclectic collection—paintings by Ribera, Mattia Preti, and Luca Giordano; porcelains; Asian arms—in a late–18th century palazzo complete with grand salons, a library, and a preserved majolica floor up on the first floor... » more

Castel Sant'Elmo - Next door to the monastery of San Martino is the star-shaped Castel Sant'Elmo, built in a strategic position above the city in 1329–43 by the Angevins. It was enlarged in the 16th century and today offers a magnificent 360° panorama of Naples and its bay after a walk through the dark, echoey, medieval stone halls... » more

Tips

Sights covered by Artecard
In Naples
Museo Archeologico
Museo Capodimonte
Certosa di San Martino
Castel Sant'Elmo
Castel Nuovo
Palazzo Reale
Duomo museums
...and more

Nearby in Campania
Pompeii
Herculaneum
Paestum (museum and site)
Reggia di Caserta
Capua amphitheater
Capua mithraeum
Campi Flegrei (pretty much everything)
...and more
Get the discount card: The Campania Artecard (www.campaniartecard.it) will get you into many top sights for free—not just in Naples, but across Campania, including Pompeii and other biggies (the list on the right compiles the highlights, but it covers 38 major sights flat-out, plus offers discounts on two dozen others and on theaters, shops, events, and tourist services). You can pick it up at participating sights, the airport, train stations, major ports, many hotels, car parks, travel agencies, newsstands...it's pretty easy to find.

There are nine versions, and it can get confusing. Avoid the cheapest, the "Napoli Centro Antico" one; it's not worth it. Here are the most useful variants:
- Napoli e Campi Flegrei (€16) - Valid for 3 days; only gets you into three sights of your choice, plus 50% off any other sights you visit—plus free rides on public transportation in Naples and out to the Campi Flegrei.
- Tutta La Regione 3 days (€27) - Valid for 3 days; only gets you into two sights (then 50% off the others), but it covers free rides on all public transport in Naples and across Campania.
- Archeologia del Golfo (€30) - Valid for 3 days; gets you into just about every site of archaeological interest in Naples and its Bay (the Museo Archeologico, Pompeii, Herculaneum, the Campi Flegrei, etc); also covers all public transportation. Good deal.
- Tutta La Regione 7 days (€30) - Valid for 7 days, covers you choice of 5 sights (then 50% off the others)—but, oddly, covers none of the transportation.
Take a tour: Some people prefer to see Naples by guided tour. You can book one with our partners at Viator.com:

Naples Museum tours:
- The Museums of Naples (Archaeology; Capodimonte)
- Context: Archaological Museum of Naples
- Context: Capodimonte Museum
- Context: Custom Walk of Naples
Tours of Naples itself:

Tours to Pompeii & Vesuvius:

Tours to the Amalfi Coast or Capri:

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