Pinacoteca Civica "Francesco Podesti"

A typical small regional pinacoteca. I saw several excellent paintings by Francesco Podesti and some less well known Italian painters of regional significance. There was also a temporary exhibition of modern art, which was quite interesting and some metalwork. All in all, it is worth spending an hour in this museum and the ticket price is very reasonable.

Wonderful museum with great works of great masters (Tizian, Lotto, Olivuccio, Crivelli etc) and local artist Podesti. No tourists, good pictures - the best place in Ancona!

While this is a small collection, it has some wonderful works, including three by Corrado Cagli, who was born in Ancona. The staff was extremely generous in hunting a book down for me too. Interesting juxtaposition of older and contemporary works. Local mannerist Lilli well represented.

It has a lot of archeological instruments like old knives which were kind of sharped stone.

Low temperature, pretty paintings

A place to visit

Interesting

Fantastica notizia! Sabato 6 dicembre 2025 riapre dopo due anni la Pinacoteca Civica “Francesco Podesti” con un nuovo allestimento delle sale permanenti. Questi ambienti rinnovati racchiudono la presenza di opere marchigiane, venete e di diverse scuole artistiche italiane, collocate in luoghi riconosciuti come sede di un’istituzione museale tra le più rilevanti in Italia. Le collezioni esposte spaziano dal XV al XX secolo e comprendono capolavori di grande rilevanza: la Pala Gozzi di Tiziano Vecellio, datata 1520, affiancata dalla Crocifissione, anch’essa dell’artista veneto, la Circoncisione di Olivuccio Ciccarello, la Madonna con Bambino di Carlo Crivelli, la Pala dell’Alabarda di Lorenzo Lotto e l’Immacolata del Guercino e altre opere di pittori importanti. Saranno esposte 133 opere, mentre oltre 600 saranno custodite nei nuovi depositi.