About Museo Civico Amedeo Lia, La Spezia

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Amadeo Lia was a renowned collector who lived in La Spezia; this museum houses his life’s work. The building it is in used to be a friar’s convent, then a military hospital. Currently, the museum is host to a wide variety of historical objects; these include paintings, jewellery, furniture, and interior decoration such as glassworks. The Renaissance collection is especially spectacular. The rooms within the collection are as follows:

• Room I: liturgical objects
• Room II: thumbnails
• Room III: The archaeological antiquarium
• Room IV: The funds gold
• Room V: The paintings of the fifteenth century
• Room VI: The paintings of the sixteenth century
• Room VII: The portraits
• Room VIII: Foreigners
• Room IX: The paintings of the seventeenth century
• Room X: The Eighteenth Century
• Room XI: Sculptures in bronze and marble
• Room XII: Glasses, terracotta and faience
• Room XIII: The Nature Morte

Museo Civico Amedeo Lia Information

• The ticket office closes at 5.30 pm.
• No flash photography
• No smoking
• Large items such as umbrellas must be deposited in the cloakroom.

Museo Civico Amedeo Lia Ticket Prices

Discounted ticket  € 4.50

• Groups from 7 to 25 people
• 14 – 18 year olds
• University students not entitled to free admission

Discounted ticket € 3.50

• 70+
• 6-13 years old

Free Ticket

• University students enrolled in the faculties of Architecture, Letters and Philosophy or the Fine Arts Academy, or attending schools of specialisation or doctorates in these same disciplinary areas
• People with birthdays on the same day as their museum visit .

How To reach Museo Civico Amedeo Lia by Public Transport

• Buses Bivio Montalbano, La Foce (Sp), San Rocco, Sarbia, Valdurasca, Via Dei Colli, 13, 16, stop San Giorgio
• Buses 1, 3, 6, stop Mercato Nord

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