Palazzo Abatellis

The palace houses an art gallery. It's usually open until 7:00 PM (except on Mondays, when it's closed to tourists), and admission costs €10 (as of November 2025). Guidebooks describe it as the largest and most important art gallery in Sicily, but its offerings are significantly smaller than those of the most significant art galleries on the Italian mainland. During my afternoon visit, I was literally the only visitor. The place sometimes feels quite empty, as the vast halls house a relatively small number of works.

Lovely palace to visit and enjoy with your family during weekend. Got free entrance on the first Sunday of the month. This place is extremely interesting if you are into art. There are a lot of paintings here.

Ok museum. Basically composed of three bigger rooms. "The triumph of death" was great to see, but the ticket costs 10€ and it's a pretty quick experience. If you take into account the prices for most art museums in Europe, that have much more to offer, this one was pretty overpriced and underwhelming.

This was one of the many palazzi in Palermo. One that is a little unknown maybe? So many works. So little people. Great information in every room on the artwork. Many at least 500-600 years old. Take a look at the photos. Mine and others. You get a great sense of the building. And the art. So well preserved and presented too. A must

I really liked this museum. It is not big , but is is situated in very nice building ( properly palazzo Abatellis) and has a nice collection of religious paintings, wood carvings and marble statues and bareliefs . Also the restorators are working directly in the museum halls. We had a chance to see the process of art restoration

Very beautiful paintings (and air condition)

A magnificent building and an interesting collection of Sicilian art. Some works important in the history of art, for example in the birth of surrealism. An amazing Arabic map of Eden.

So many paintings and frescos are here. Antonello de Messina’s Annunciata is the most important. But you can stare a long time at “Trionfo della Morte” and reflect on it. I was simply captivated by this collection, not to mention all those Baroque paintings and Pietro Novelli’s oeuvre. More than perfect and entry for only 8 Euro.

Largely religious works from the Palermo area churches, the art is interesting only when it presents a non-traditional approach or introduces subject matter or technique not found elsewhere. At times, some of the artists had influence on other artists giving significance to otherwise minor painters and craftsmen. The major work in the museum, the Horse of Death, provides an interesting analysis of the socio-cultural world of the middle ages in Palermo. The steep price (8 E) for entry is probably not worth a visit unless a visitor has a particular interest in art in Palermo during the Middle Ages. Senior citiizens over 65 from EU countries get free entrance to most museums, but residents of the U.S. get no discount..