Bergamo is the city with two souls: the “high” and the “low”, the “ancient” and the “modern”.
The high section of the city preserves history, architecture and environment in a perfect balance.
The “low” part of town is the center of a pulsating business life.
The Carrara Academy
Established as a Painting School and Collection of Art, today it is articulated in three units: the Modern and Contemporary Art Gallery, the Pinacoteque of Ancient Art and the Carrara Academy of Fine Arts. Among the paintings exhibited are “Il gesù redentore” (Jesus the Redeemer) by Botticelli and other works by Italian artists. The G.A.M exhibits works by De Chirico, Kandinsky and Manzù. At about 3 Km from the Starhotels Cristallo Palace.
OPENING/CLOSING TIME: Museum: 10.00 a.m.- 1.00 p.m. / 2.30 p.m.- 5.30 p.m.
From Tuesday to Sunday
GAM: based on events
ADMISSION: ticket only entrance
ADDRESS: Piazza Giacomo Carrara, 82 24126 Bergamo
INFO: 035 399 640
www.accademiacarrara.bergamo.it
Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore
On Piazza Vecchia, right in the heart of this city is the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore where the visitor can admire, in addition to the music chapel, the striking “Episodi della Bibbia” (Episodes from the Bible) by Lorenzo Lotto. Here lie the remains of Gaetano Donizzetti. At about 3.5 Km from the Starhotels Cristallo Palace.
ADDRESS: Piazza Vecchia, 24126 Bergamo
ADMISSION: Free
OPENING/CLOSING TIME: from 11/1 to 3/31 from Monday to Friday: 9.00 a.m.-12.30; 2.30 p.m. – 5.00 p.m. Saturday: 9.00 a.m.-12.30 and 2.30 p.m.-6.00 p.m. Sunday and holidays 9.00 a.m.-12.45 and 3.00 p.m.– 6.00 p.m.
From April 1 to October 31: 9.00 a.m.-12.30 and 2.30 p.m.-6.00 p.m. every day
INFO: 035.22.33.27
City Historical Museum
Here it’s where Bergamo tells about itself through a route reconstructed with video images, medals, maps and sculptures inside the XIV century monastery of Saint Francis. At about 4 Km from the Starhotels Cristallo Palace.
ADDRESS: Piazza del Mercato del Fieno, 6/a 24126 Bergamo
OPENING/CLOSING TIME: From October to May: 9.30 a.m.- 5.30 p.m. From June to September: 9.30 a.m.-5.30 p.m. (from Tuesday to Friday)
9.30 a.m.-7.00 p.m. (Saturday and holidays) closed on Monday
INFO: Tel. 035 247 116
www.museostoricobg.org
The Baptistery
The building features an octagonal shape and is surrounded by wrought iron gates. Of particular interest the gallery with red marble columns.
Admission Free of charge
OPENING/CLOSING TIME: Monday to Sunday
The Rock of Bergamo
The modern structure of the Rock was built between 1331 and 1336 and finished by Azzone Visconti..When the Austrians arrived in Lombardy, the Rock became headquarters to the troops that would control the territory. Today it also houses the section dedicated to the XIX century of the historical Museum of Bergamo. At about 3.5 Km from the Starhotels Cristallo Palace.
ADDRESS: Piazzale Brigata Legnano, Bergamo
OPENING/CLOSING TIME: 10.00 a.m.-12.00, 3.00 p.m. -7,00 p.m.
ADMISSION:Free
INFO: Tel: 035-247116
www.bergamoestoria.it
The Donizzetti Museum
Letters, musical scores, documents, autographs, mementoes, period musical instruments belonging to the Bergamo musician author of many works such as: Lucrezia Borgia, Torquato Tasso, Il Giovedì grasso etc etc.
At about 4 Km from the Starhotels Cristallo Palace.
ADDRESS: via Arena,9, Bergamo
OPENING/CLOSING TIME: October-May: 9.30 a.m.-1.00 p.m. (from Tuesday to Sunday) 9.30 a.m.-5.30 p.m. (Saturday, Sunday and holidays), June-September: 9.30 a.m.-5.30 p.m. (from Tuesday to Sunday) 9.30 a.m.-7.00 p.m. (Saturday, Sunday and holidays)
ADMISSION: ticket only entrance
INFO: Tel. 035399269, Fax 035219128
www.bergamoestoria.it
Diocesan Museum
The museum is situated inside the Bassi-Rathgeb palace. It houses paintings, sculptures, sacred furniture, liturgical objects, fabrics, engravings; At about 2.5 Km from Starhotels Cristallo Palace.
ADDRESS: via Pignolo 76 – 24121 Bergamo
OPENING/CLOSING TIME: Tuesday-Sunday 9.30 a.m.-1.00 p.m., 3.00 p.m. -6.00 p.m.
ADMISSION: ticket only entrance
via Pignolo 76 24121 Bergamo
Tel. 035248772, Fax 035215517
www.museobernareggi.it
Natural Science Museum
The collections include zoology, paleontology, mineralogy and geology sections. A must, the striking full-size scale reconstruction of a mammoth, the skeleton of an allosaurus and three specimens of flying reptiles dating back to 220 million years ago. At about 4 Km from the Starhotels Cristallo Palace.
ADDRESS: piazza Cittadella ,10, 24129 Bergamo
OPENING/CLOSING TIMESummer: Tuesday-Friday 9.00 a.m.-6.00 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 9.00 a.m. -7.00 p.m., Winter: Tuesday-Sunday 9.00 a.m.-5.30 p.m.
ADMISSION: Free
INFO: Tel. 035286011-035286012
Fax 035233154
www.mcsnbg.it
Archeological Museum:
It houses a collection of various prehistorical, Roman and Longobard finds and a numismatic collection. Of great interest the Egyptian section where the mummy of priest Ankhekhonsu can be admired.
At about 4 Km from the Starhotels Cristallo Palace.
ADDRESS: piazza Cittadella 9, 24129 Bergamo, April-September: Tuesday-Friday 9.00 a.m.-6.00 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 9.00 a.m.-7.00 p.m..
October-March: Tuesday-Sunday 9.00 a.m.-6.00 p.m. Closed on Monday
ADMISSION: free of charge
INFO: Tel. 035242839, Fax 0353831889
www.museoarcheologicobergamo.it
Torre dei Caduti (War Memorial Tower):
Built by Alberto Piacentini as the civic tower of the new center of Bergamo, it then became the Bergamo WWI memorial. At about 3 Km from the Starhotels Cristallo Palace.
ADDRESS: Piazza Vittorio Veneto
OPENING/CLOSING TIME: open only on reservation, minimum 5 visitors
TEL. 035.247116
Botanic Garden Lorenzo Rota
It contains more than 900 botanic species. Among them: Sanguisorba dodecandra, Campanula raineri, Campanula elatinoides, Telekia speciosissima, Saxifraga vandelli, Saxifraga petraea and more.
OPENING/CLOSING TIME: March 09.00 a.m.– 5.00 p.m. from April to September 09.00 a.m.– 6.00 p.m. October 09.00 a.m.– 5.00 p.m.
ADMISSION:Free
INFO: tel. 035 286060
http://ortobotanico.comune.bergamo.it
