All history museums and attractions to visit in Palermo

Palermo (Italy) is a good place to visit if you are interested in history. Below we list all 12 history museums in Palermo, to lose yourself in the place's cultural heritage and local history.

Are you a real history buff and are you looking for the best history museums to visit in Palermo? These are the ones:

  1. Zisa Castle1

    Zisa Castle

     Palermo
  2. 2

    Stanze al Genio

     Palermo
    The Museo delle maioliche Stanze al Genio has an exhibition of almost 5,000 examples of Italian majolica tiles from the 15th to the 19th century, arranged over 8 rooms. The Museum is housed in a part of the seventeenth-century Palazzo Torre Pirajno in Palermo.
  3. Museo Diocesano3

    Museo Diocesano

     Palermo
    The Museo Diocesano (MUDIPA or Diocesan Museum of Palermo) is a museum in Palermo that is housed in some rooms of the Archbishop's Palace (the Palazzo Arcivescovile). The museum was founded in 1927 by Archbishop Alessandro Lualdi. After decades of closure for restoration and archaeological research
  4. Palazzo Abatellis4

    Palazzo Abatellis

     Palermo
    Palazzo Abatellis (Palazzo Patella) is a palace in Palermo that is home to the Museo Regionale Abatellis (the Galleria Regionale della Sicilia), the Gallery of Art for the Sicilian region. The palazzo is an example of Gothic-Catalan architecture that was designed in the 15th century by Matteo Carnel
  5. Il Museo internazionale delle marionette5

    Il Museo internazionale delle marionette

     Palermo
    The Museo internazionale delle marionette Antonio Pasqualino is a cultural-historical and ethnographic museum in Palermo. The musuem holds the collection of the late Palermit surgeon Antonio Pasqualino. The Museo internazionale delle marionette is located at the Piazzetta Niscemi behind the west sid
  6. Bonocore Palace6

    Bonocore Palace

     Palermo
    The Palazzo Bonocore was restored by the Superintendence for cultural heritage of Palermo and now hosts an exhibition showcasing the Greek-Albanian and Latin liturgical tradition in Sicily. This exhibition provides a unique insight into the diverse cultural influences that have shaped Sicily's rich history, making it a worthwhile visit for tourists interested in culture and history.
  7. Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonio Salinas7

    Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonio Salinas

     Palermo
    The Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonino Salinas is an archaeological museum in Palermo. The museum shows archaeological finds from Carthaginian and Greek settlements in mainly western Sicily from prehistoric times to the Late Roman period and is named after the Sicilian archaeologist Antonino Sali
  8. Archivio Storico Comunale8

    Archivio Storico Comunale

     Palermo
    The Archivio Storico Comunale is the city archives of Palermo that keeps the archives of the municipal administration of Palermo from the end of the 13th century to the year 1957. The first regulations for archiving date back to 1320, since 1463 the Archivio has an archive room in the town hall. The
  9. Oratorio dei Bianchi9

    Oratorio dei Bianchi

     Palermo
  10. Museo del Risorgimento Vittorio Emanuele Orlando10

    Museo del Risorgimento Vittorio Emanuele Orlando

     Palermo
    The Museo del Risorgimento "Vittorio Emanuele Orlando" is a historical museum in Palermo that is located on the ground floor of the former Convent of San Domenico. The musuem holds many relics of the Risorgimento. The museum includes themes such as the autonomy aspirations of Sicily at the beginning
  11. Museo della Specola - INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo11

    Museo della Specola - INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo

     Palermo
    The Giuseppe S. Vaiana Astronomical Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Palermo that is housed inside the Palazzo dei Normanni. It is a research facility of the National Institute of Astrophysics. The Museum of the Specola (Museo della Specola), located at the top of the leaning tower of t
  12. 12

    Museo del Vino e della Civilta' Contadina

     Palermo