Guided tours
The Museo Gypsotheca Antonio Canova offers visitors different types of guided tours, including: tours for families and children, for school classes, candlelight night tours and traditional/spontaneous tours every weekend.
Are you fascinated by Antonio Canova’s sculptures and curious about his birth place? Would you like to find out more? Don’t miss our Museum Highlights and walk around the Master’s rooms and the Gypsotheque halls accompanied by our Museum guides.
Space is limited: first come, first served.
● Max 25 people per tour.(Exceeding requests might take advantage of our digital guide downloadable on your mobile phone; ask our ticket office personnel for more information)
● Entry tickets can be purchased both online and at our ticket office. The guided tour service is to be paid locally
● Initiative in collaboration with Cooperativa Mondo Delfino and Amici del Canova Association.
● Duration: 1h
● Next scheduled English tours: September 14th, 15:00; September 22nd, 15:00 – October 12th, 15:00; October 20th, 15:00.
● Prices: € 4 per person in addition to the entry ticket. Free for our Member Card’s holders.
● Booking recommended
(+39) 0423 544 323 / posta@museocanova.it
Book a private guided tour for your group of friends or for your family: A unique experience to discover Canova’s heritage in a more intimate and personal setting.
● Each group can have a maximum of 25 visitors ● The guided tour is available in the following languages – English, French, German and Spanish, at the cost of € 90,00 (depending on availability) ● To confirm the booking, you must make the payment for the guided tour in advanced by bank transfer ● Entry tickets can be paid on site
● Average duration of the visit
1.30h
● Available times
Private guided tours can take place during the museum’s opening hours: Tuesday-Friday, from 09:30 am to 6:00 pm; Saturday-Sunday, from 09:30 am to 7:00 pm
● Price
The guided tours have a cost of €120,00 per tour (in addition to entry tickets)
● Booking required
Booking form
On special occasions such as temporary exhibitions, it is possible to experience Canova’s art with a special guide, the Museum’s Director. See next dates.
● Each group can have a maximum of 20 visitors ● The service is available only in Italian language ● The proceeds will be donated to restorations projects.
● Average duration of the visit
1h
● Price
€ 200 per group during opening hours
€ 250 per group for evening tours (after closing)
● Booking required
(+39) 0423 544 323 / posta@museocanova.it
The museum offers exclusive openings in the evenings for groups of at least 20 people. A minimum of twenty days’ notice is required for the night visit.
mail: eventi@museocanova.it
● Average duration of the visit
2 h
● Price
to be determined
● Booking required
(+39) 0423 544 323 / posta@museocanova.it
The Museum offers virtual guided tours which will let you discover Canova’s masterpieces comfortably from your home. You can choose between two different experiences: a traditional virtual tour or a virtual tour with the Museum’s Director.
A maximum of 30 accounts can participate in the tour at a given time ● It is necessary to book the tour through the online form ● This initiative is possible thanks to our collaboration with the Cooperativa Mondo Delfino ● Your booking will be confirmed when you receive a feedback from the ticket office.
● Average duration of the visit
1h
● Price
€ 120 Traditional virtual tour
€ 200 Virtual tour with the Museum’s director (the proceeds will be donated to restorations projects).
● Booking required
Booking form
Every year many students of all classes and levels come to visit the Museum.
● Average duration of the visit
1h
● Hours
Available upon booking
● Prices
€ 4 for students
● Booking required
Booking form
Our trained guides will take families and children, with particular attention to the youngest visitors, through Canova’s birthplace and will show them the materials that the sculptor used, and end with a “storytime” about the myths that characterise the Museum.
● Average duration of the visit
1h
● Availability
Every first Saturday of the month and every Sunday at 4:00 pm
● Prices
€ 4 per person, free for children.
€ 25 for the family ticket (two parents plus any number of children under 18)
● Booking required
(+39) 0423 544 323 / posta@museocanova.it
The Museo Gypsotheca Antonio Canova of Possagno offers guided tours with ASL/BLS interpreter.
You need more info to plan your experience in the museum?
● Average duration of the visit
1h
● Prices
€120 per group (in addition to the entry ticket)
Free in special occasions scheduled throughout the year.
● Booking required
Booking form
Specialized guides will accompany (fully or partially) visually impaired people in a discovery tour of Canovian sculptures. We can accommodate small groups and accompany them through our touch tours.
● Prices
€ 80 (for group)
● Reservation required
(+39) 0423 544 323
(+39) 351 82 70 733
posta@museocanova.it