Palazzo Spinola is an ancient residence built at the end of the sixteenth century in the heart of the historic center of Genoa, donated to the Italian State by the Spinola marquises in 1958 with all the heritage preserved in it to become a national museum.

The two noble floors, finely frescoed, boast a precious collection of paintings, sculptures, and furnishings including works by artists such as Joos van Cleve, Antoon Van Dyck, Giulio Cesare Procaccini, Luca Giordano, Guido Reni, and Bernardo Strozzi.

The absolute masterpiece of the historical collection of Palazzo Spinola is the Ecce Homo by Antonello da Messina.

In addition to precious consoles, refined mirrors, embroidered curtains with gold and silver thread, on the mezzanine floor you can visit an exceptional example of historical nineteenth-century kitchen.

The last two floors of the palace, heavily damaged by the bombings of the last war, at the suggestion of the marquises, have become the seat of the National Gallery of Liguria, a space where today works acquired over the years by the State are exhibited with the aim of documenting the richness of art in Genoa and Liguria from the Middle Ages to the mid-twentieth century. The collection, constantly growing, includes works by Giovanni Pisano, Rubens, Bernardo Strozzi, Giovanni Battista Paggi, and many others. In the renovated spaces of the National Gallery of Liguria, precious pieces of Savonese ceramics, Oriental porcelain, and seventeenth-eighteenth-century tableware sets belonging to the Spinola marquises or entering the museum through purchases, donations, and deposits are also preserved.

The residence is part of the system of “Palazzi dei Rolli” and therefore since 2006 has been recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

Palazzo Spinola, with the National Gallery of Liguria it houses, is part together with Palazzo Reale of the National Museums of Genoa, visitable with a single ticket, even on different days.