Opening times of the main churches, convents, museums, monuments, and more highlights in Ferrara 2025
Ferrara numbers many churches, convents, monasteries, museums, monuments, and many more highlights of great interest.
Guided tours to the city and its highlights
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Opening times and access to the main highlights in Ferrara
The mentioned opening times can change. Before visiting, please check with the site.
Museums
MEIS – Museo Nazionale dell’Ebraismo Italiano e della Shoah (C/6) – National Museum of the Italian Judaism and the Shoah
www.meisweb.it
Address: Via Piangipane 81 – Tel +39 0532 769137 – Tel +39 06 39967138 (Bookings & Information)
Opening times: 10 – 18 hrs. Closed: Monday. 25 December. Special opening times: see official website
Entrance fee: yes – reduced with MyFE card
Museo Archeologico di Spina (F/8)
http://www.archeoferrara.beniculturali.it/
Finds from the village & the necropolis of Spina, VI – IV c. b.C. Renaissance garden with labyrith. Architect: Biagio Rossetti
Address: Palazzo Costabili, Via XX Settembre 124 – Tel +39 0532 66299
Opening times: 9:30 – 17 hrs. Closed: Monday. 25 December. Special opening times: see official website
Entrance fee: Yes – MyFE card – up to 18 years: free
Museo della Cattedrale (D,E/6)
http://www.artecultura.fe.it/152/museo-della-cattedrale
Paintings, reliefs, tapestries, singing books. Masterpieces by: Cosmé Tura, Rossellino, Maestro dei Mesi, Hans Karcher
Address: Ex Chiesa di S. Romano, Via S. Romano – Tel +39 0532 244949 (Bookings)
Opening times: 9:30 – 13 hrs & 15 – 18 hrs. Closed: Monday. 25 December. Special openings: 21 & 28April. 2 June. 8 & 29 December
Entrance fee: Yes – MyFE card – up to 18 years: free
Museo del Risorgimento e della Resistenza (E/4) – Closed for total renovation. Reopening June 2026.
Address: Corso Giovecca 163 – Tel +39 0532 244949 (Bookings)
Entrance fee: Yes – MyFE card – up to 18 years: free
Museo di Casa Romei (F/6)
15th c. frescoes, medieval archaeology, frescoes from local churches
Address: Via Savonarola 30 – Tel +39 0532 234130 – Tel +39 0532 244949
Opening times: Closed for renovation
Entrance fee:
Museo “Giovanni Boldini” e Museo dell’Ottocento, Museo “Filippo De Pisis” e Museo del Novecento (E,F/3)
Masterworks by Boldini, De Pisis, Funi, Melli, Mentessi, Previati
http://artemoderna.comune.fe.it/1853/museo-giovanni-boldini
http://artemoderna.comune.fe.it/1854/museo-dell-ottocento
http://artemoderna.comune.fe.it/1855/museo-d-arte-moderna-e-contemporanea-filippo-de-pisis
Address: Corso Porta Mare – Tel +39 0532 244949 (Information)
Opening times: closed for total renovation. Reopening June 2026
Entrance fee: yes
Spazio Michelangelo Antonioni (E/3)
https://artemoderna.comune.fe.it/1959/spazio-antonioni
Address: Corso Porta Mare 5 – Tel +39 0532 244949 (Information)
Opening times: 10 – 13 hrs & 15 – 18:30 hrs. Closed: Monday. 25 December. Special openings: 21 & 28April. 2 June. 8 & 29 December
Entrance fee: yes – MyFe card – up to 18 years: free
Museo di Storia naturale (E/5)
http://storianaturale.comune.fe.it/
http://www.artecultura.fe.it/146/museo-civico-di-storia-naturale
Address: Via De Pisis 24 – Tel +39 0532 203381
Opening times: 9 – 13 hrs (Monday to Friday). 14 – 17 hrs (Tuesday & Thursday). Closed: Monday, Saturday, Sunday. 25 December
Special openings: 21 & 28April. 2 June. 8 & 29 December
Entrance fee: yes – MyFE card – up to18 years: free
Pinacoteca Nazionale (E/3)
http://www.gallerie-estensi.beniculturali.it/pinacoteca-nazionale/
Paintings 13th – 18th. c. by Cosmè Tura, Vicino da Ferrara, Garofalo, Guercino, Bononi, Scarsellino, Parolini
Address: Palazzo Diamanti, Corso Ercole I d’Este 21 – Tel +39 0532 205844
Opening times: 10 – 18 hrs. Closed: Monday. 25 December. Special openings: see official website
Entrance fee: yes – MyFE card – up to 18 years: free
Churches, convents & monasteriesCattedrale S. Giorgio martire (D,E/5,6) – Church
12th c. church. Masterpieces by Francia, Benvenuto Tisi da Garofalo, Bastianino, Scarsellino, Guercino, Parolini. Domenico de Paris, Alfonso Lombardo
Address: Piazza Cattedrale – Tel +39 0532 207449
Opening times: 7:30 – 12 hrs & 15.30 – 19 hrs (weekdays). 8 – 13 hrs & 16 – 20 hrs (Sunday & Catholic Holidays)
Catholic services: 8 – 10 – 18 hrs (weekdays). 8.30 – 10 – 11.30 – 17.30 – 19 hrs (Sunday and Catholic Holidays)
Entrance fee: free
Chiesa del Gesù (E/4) – Church
Lamentation by Guido Mazzoni (late 15th c.)
Address: Via Borgoleoni 56 – Tel +39 0532 205908
Opening times: 8:30 – 11:30 hrs (Monday to Saturday). 8:30 – 13 hrs & 16:30 – 18 hrs (Sunday & Catholic holidays)
Entrance fee: free
Chiesa S. Benedetto (C/3) – Church
Address: Corso Porta Po – Tel +39 0532 215911
Opening times: call for opening times
Entrance fee: free
Chiesa S. Cristoforo alla Certosa (F/2) – Church
http://www.artecultura.fe.it/390/san-cristoforo-alla-certosa
Address: Piazza Borso 50 – Tel +39 0532 244949 (Information)
Opening times: 8:45 – 16:45 hrs. No visits during services on Catholic holidays and during funerals.
Entrance fee: free
Chiesa S. Domenico (D/5) – Church
Address: Via Spadari – Tel +39 0532
Opening times: closed for total renovation
Entrance fee: free
Chiesa S. Francesco (F/6) – Church
Address: Via Terranova – Tel +39 0532 209646
Opening times: 8 – 12 hrs & 15:30 – 18 hrs
Entrance fee: free
Chiesa S. Giorgio (F/10) – Church
Address: Piazzale S. Giorgio 29 – Tel +39 0532 62231
Opening times: 8 – 18 hrs
Entrance fee: free
Chiesa S. Maria in Vado (F/7) – Church
Address: Via Borgovado 3 – Tel +39 0532 65127
Opening times: 8:30 – 12:30 hrs & 15:30 – 19 hrs (Monday to Saturday). 9 – 12:30 hrs & 16 – 20 hrs (Sunday)
Entrance fee: free
Chiesa S. Paolo (D/6) – Church
Address: Piazzetta Schiatti – Tel. 0532
Opening times: Saturday 15 – 18:30 hrs. Sunday 10 – 12 hrs (Catholic services)
Entrance fee: free
Monastero del Corpus Domini (F/7) – Convent
Tumbs of the Este & Lucrezia Borgia
Address: Via Pergolato 4 – Tel +39 0532 207825
Opening times: 15:30 – 17:30 hrs. Closed: Saturday, Sunday & Catholic Holidays
Ticket: free offer
Monastero S. Antonio in Polesine (E,F/8,9) – Convent
http://www.artecultura.fe.it/366/monastero-di-sant-antonio-in-polesine
Address: Via Gambone – Tel +39 0532 64088
Opening times: 9:30 – 11:30 hrs & 15:15 – 16:45. Closed: Sunday & Catholic Holidays
Entrance fee: free offer
Oratorio dell’Annunziata (F/7) – Oratory
Address: Via Borgo di Sotto 49 – Mob +39 340 6494998
Opening times: closed for total renovation
Entrance fee: free offer
Sinagoghe (E/6)
Jewish community
Address: Via Mazzini 95 – Tel +39 0532
Opening times: closed for total renovation
Entrance fee: yes
Homes & Palaces
Casa Ludovico Ariosto (D/3)
http://www.artecultura.fe.it/73/casa-di-ludovico-ariosto
Address: Via Ariosto 67 – Tel +39 0532 244949 (Bookings)
Opening times: 10 – 12:30 hrs & 16 – 18 hrs. Closed: Monday. 25 December.
Entrance fee: free
Casa Muzzarelli Crema (E/5)
Bank trust
Casa Pendaglia (E/5,6)
High school “Orio Vergani”
Casa Romei (F/6)
Museo di Casa Romei
Castello Estense (D/5)
Built in 1385. Museum and seat of the local government
www.castelloestense.it
Address: Largo Castello – Tel +39 0532 244949 (Bookings) – Tel +39 0532 419180 (Ticket office)
Opening times: 10 am – 6pm. Closed: Tuesday. 25 December. Special openings: 22 & 29 December
Entrance fee: yes – MyFE card
Palazzina Marfisa d’Este (G/6) – Renaissance Villa
http://www.artecultura.fe.it/382/palazzina-marfisa-d-este
Address: Corso Giovecca 170 – Tel +39 0532 244949 (Bookings / information)
Opening times: Closed for total renovation. Reopening May 2025
Entrance fee: yes – MyFE card – up to 18 years: free
Palazzo Bonacossi – Museo Riminaldi (G/7) – Renaissance Palace
http://www.artecultura.fe.it/341/palazzo-bonacossi
Address: Via Cisterna del Follo 5 – Tel +39 0532 244949 (Bookings & information)
Opening times: Closed
Entrance fee: free
Palazzo Costabili (F/8) – Renaissance Palace
Architect Biagio Rossetti
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Spina
Palazzo dei Diamanti (E/3) – Renaissance Palace
http://palazzodiamanti.it/
Address: Corso Ercole I d’Este 21
Opening times:
Entrance fee: free access to the court yard
Pinacoteca Nazionale e sede mostre Ferrara Arte
Palazzo Massari (E,F/3) – Renaissance Palace
http://artemoderna.comune.fe.it/1839/palazzo-massari
Address: Corso Porta Mare 9 – Tel +39 0532 244 949 (Information)
Opening times: Closed for total renovation. Reopening June 2026
Palazzo Paradiso – Biblioteca Civica Ariostea (E/6) – Renaissance Palace
Monumental tumb of Ludovico Ariosto, 16th c. Italian poet
Address: Via delle Scienze 17
Biblioteca Civica Ariostea
Palazzo Schifanoia e Civico Lapidario (F,G/7) – Renaissance Palace
http://www.artecultura.fe.it/159/museo-schifanoia
http://www.artecultura.fe.it/242/lapidario-civico
Address: Via Scandiana 23 / Via Camposabbionario – Tel +39 0532 244949 (Information)
Opening times: 10 hrs – 19 hrs
Closed: Monday. 25 December. Special openings: 21 & 28April. 2 June. 8 & 29. December
Entrance fee: yes – MyFE card – up to 18 years: free
Cemeteries, city gardens & parks
Cimitero della Certosa (F,G/1,2,3)- Main city cemetery
Address:
Opening times:
Entrance fee: free
Cimitero ebraico (G,2,3) – Jewish cemetery
Address: Via delle Vigne – Tel +39 0532 751337 (Warden)
Tumb of Giorgio Bassani author of The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
Opening times: 9 – 13 hrs. Closed: Saturday & Jewish holidays
Entrance fee: free
Orto botanico universitario (E/3,4) – University Botanic garden
Address: Corso Porta Mare, 2 – Tel +39 0532 293782
Opening times: 9 – 13 hrs (Monday to Friday). Closed: Saturday, Sunday & Holidays
Entrance fee: free
Cinta muraria – 15th-16th c. city walls
Opening times: open always
Entrance fee: free (pedestrians & bicycles only)
Parco urbano Giorgio Bassani – city park
Address: Via Bacchelli
Opening times: open always
Entrance fee: free
Parco Massari (E,F/3)
Address: Corso Porta Mare 65
Opening times: 8 – 18 hrs (November, December, January, February). 8 – 20 hrs (March, April, October). 8 – 24 hrs (May, June, July, August, September)
Entrance fee: free
Parco Pareschi (F/6)
Address: Corso Giovecca 148
Opening times: 8 – 18 hrs (October, November, December, January, February). 8 – 20 hrs (March, April, May, September). 7:30 – 20 hrs (June, July, August)
Entrance fee: free
Walls, Gates & Towers
Porta degli Angeli (E/1) – Gate
Address: Rampari di Belfiore 1
Opening times: open for events
Porta Reno (D/7) – Gate
Porta Paula (D/7) – Gate
Address: Piazza del Travaglio 20
Opening times: Wednesday & Thursday 9:30 – 12:30 hrs. Friday, Saturday & Sunday 9:30 – 12:30 hrs & 14:30 – 17:30 hrs. Closed: Monday & Tuesday. 25 December
Special openings: 21 & 28April. 2 June. 8 & 29 December
Entrance fee: free
Torre dei Leuti (D/6) – Tower
Bell tower of Chiesa S. Paolo
Torre di S. Giovanni (H/4) -Tower
Hall for jazz music concerts -> www.jazzclubferrara.com
More sites of interest
Biblioteca Civica Ariostea (E/6) – Main public library
http://archibiblio.comune.fe.it/271/biblioteca-comunale-ariostea
Address: Via delle Scienze 17 – Tel +39 0532 418200
Opening times: 9 – 19 hrs (Monday to Friday). 9 – 13 hrs (Saturday). Closed: Sunday / Holidays
Entrance fee: free
Teatro Comunale “Claudio Abbado” (E/5) – Main city theatre
http://www.teatrocomunaleferrara.it/
Address: Corso Martiri della Libertà – Tel +39 0532 218311 / +39 0532 218333 (Monday to Friday 9 – 12 hrs)
Opening times: advanced booking necessary
Entrance fee: yes
Guided tours in Ferrara, Cento, Comacchio, Po Delta, Pomposa
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