Some Italian Museums Are Indeed Open on Mondays

Updated 2018.

Guidebook listings might lead you to believe that there’s nothing to do on a Monday (lunedi) in Italy. It’s true that many museums–particularly the national museums run by the state–close every Monday, but privately run museums provide ample alternatives for Italian art lovers. Save La Primavera and The Last Supper for another day; use your Monday to tour Florence’s Brancacci Chapel or Venice’s Peggy Guggenheim Collection. Here’s a list of museums in Italy’s major cities that remain aperto on Mondays:

FLORENCE

MILAN

NAPLES

ROME

VENICE

–Elaine Murphy