Exhibitions and events at Pavia

A seventeenth-century archbold sculpture between nature and art in the Horti of Pavia

Two eyes made of chestnuts, a nose shaped like a fig, cheeks resembling onions, a forehead resembling a quince, and an artichoke chin whose leaves bend to form two showy mustaches. It is The Keeper of the Kitchen Garden, an imposing Mannerist stone s...
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Five hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Pavia 1525/2025: a multimedia exhibition at the Visconti Castle

From Feb. 15 to Dec. 29, 2025, the Visconti Castle in Pavia will host, as part of the 500th anniversary celebrations of the Battle of Pavia, the multimedia exhibition The Battle of Pavia, Feb. 24, 1525: The Times, the Places, the Men. The exhibition ...
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What would the Wunderkammer of a 17th-century collector living today look like? The Civic Museums of Pavia recreate it.

In the Collector's Room of the Visconti Castle in Pavia, the exhibition Mnemosyne opened on October 2022 and will be open until April 25, 2023. The Theater of Memory, curated by Paolo Linetti. What would a seventeenth-century collector's wunderkammer...
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An exhibition in Pavia on electricity and the digital revolution inspired by Alessandro Baricco's book

The Museum of Electrical Technology in Pavia proposes The Game, an itinerary conceived with Scuola Holden that, from Sept. 30, 2022 to Feb. 28, 2023, recounts the last 40 years of technological evolution that have radically altered the lives of each ...
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A widespread exhibition on global warming and climate change in Pavia

Through June 12, 2022, the exhibition Global Warming by Marzio Cialdi, curated by Valerio Dehò and divided into three venues, is on view in Pavia 's historic center: Church of Santa Maria Gualtieri, Victory Square, Spazio Arti Contemporanee an...
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The Library of the Charterhouse of Pavia opens to the public to admire its illuminated choir books

From November 4, 2021 to January 9, 2022, the Library of the Certosa di Pavia will host the exhibition Immagini in canto. The Chorales of the Certosa of Pavia, curated by Emanuela Daffra with Barbara Galli, promoted and organized by the Regional Dire...
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Volker Hermes' hidden portraits are on display in Pavia

In Pavia, from October 8, 2020 to January 6, 2021, the Rivellino exhibition hall at Castello Visconteo is hosting the exhibition Identità s-velate. Hidden Portraits, a solo exhibition by German artist Volker Hermes (Wegberg, 1972). Volker ...
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Antonello da Messina returns to Pavia. Portraits illustrate painting between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

At the Visconti Castle in Pavia, the exhibition Beyond the Gaze is on view until March 29, 2020. Faces and Portraits in Italian Painting between the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries. Antonello da Messina Returns to Pavia. The Ritratto d'uomo Malasp...
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