- Free 1st Sunday
Photo: Tiesse at Italian Wikipedia, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
At a glance
- Type
- Museum
- Period
- Modern era, 1949
- Area
- 3,200 m²
- Protection
- Italian national heritage
- Coordinates
- 45°38′46″ N, 13°45′48″ E
- Address
- Largo Papa Giovanni Ventitreesimo, 1, 34123 Trieste
History and description
The Civico Museo Sartorio is a museum in Trieste, northern Italy. Set in an urban villa, it exhibits ceramics, majolica, porcelain and pictures, typical equipment of Trieste's villas at the end of the 19th century.
Besides the villa itself being a very interesting building architecturally, it contains drawings of Giambattista Tiepolo, painting of Giambattista Pittoni and a glyptotheque. The museum opened to the public partially in 1949 and completely 1954. In 2006, the museum reopened after a period of renovation.
Currently the Museum hosts temporary exhibits and cultural events such as theatre and music in the summer.
History
The villa once belonged, among the others, to the Sartorio dynasty originally from Sanremo. A branch of the family moved in 1775 to Trieste as part of its business expansion. Pietro Sartorio moved from Sanremo to Trieste with his family and bought the house, which had previously belonged to the merchant family Faraon, originary from Alexandria of Egypt. The last heir of the Sartorio family, Baroness Anna Segrè Sartorio, left the villa and all its furniture to Trieste's city council with the explicit wish to make it a public museum.
The villa was used by the Allies, as their headquarters after WW2, as can be seen by the marks on the tiles and walls where the telephone and electric leads were brought through.
Text from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Full article: «Museo Sartorio».
Timeline
- 1949Founded
Events and people from Wikidata (CC0).
Getting there
Trieste CentraleTrain, nearest
1.5 km as the crow flies
Museo SartorioLargo Papa Giovanni Ventitreesimo, 1, 34123 Trieste
Trieste - Molo Bersaglieri300 m
Letališče Portorož / Aeroporto Portorose22.5 km
Distances are as the crow flies, not walking or driving.
Loading map…
Nearby
See on the mapMore museums in Friuli Venezia Giulia
- Free 1st Sunday
- UNESCO
Museum, 4th century
Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption, St. Hermagoras and St. Fortunatus
Aquileia (UD)
Frequently asked questions
Where is Museo Sartorio?
Museo Sartorio is in Trieste, in the province of Trieste (Friuli Venezia Giulia), Italy. Address: Largo Papa Giovanni Ventitreesimo, 1, 34123 Trieste. GPS coordinates: 45.64621, 13.76321.
How much does it cost to visit Museo Sartorio?
Entry is free.
Is Museo Sartorio wheelchair accessible?
According to OpenStreetMap data, the site is partly wheelchair accessible.
How old is Museo Sartorio?
Wikidata dates it to 1949.
What else is there to see near Museo Sartorio?
Nearby you’ll find: Revoltella Museum (100 m away), Civico Museo della Civiltà Istriana, Fiumana e Dalmata (100 m away), Villa Necker (100 m away).
Sources and licences
Text. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Data. Wikidata (CC0); opening hours and contacts OpenStreetMap (ODbL).
Photos. Wikimedia Commons, author and licence on every image.
Credits for the 1 photos
- Trieste - Museo Sartorio 01 — Tiesse at Italian Wikipedia, Public domain
Updated 28 October 2026. All sources and licences