What to do and see in Trieste, Friuli Venezia Giulia: The Best Specialty Museums

July 26, 2021 Carley Gatson

Trieste (/triːˈɛst/; Italian pronunciation: [triˈɛste]  listen (help·info); Slovene: Trst) is a city and a seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of Italian territory lying between the Adriatic Sea and Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city. It is also located near Croatia some further 30 kilometres (19 mi) south.
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1. Il Magazzino dei Venti (Museo della Bora)

Via Belpoggio 9 I-34123 Trieste, 34123, Trieste Italy +39 040 307478 http://www.museobora.org
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5.0 based on 28 reviews

Il Magazzino dei Venti (Museo della Bora)

2. Science Centre Immaginario Scientifico

Magazzino 26 del Porto Vecchio, 34135, Trieste Italy +39 040 224424 [email protected] http://www.immaginarioscientifico.it/
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5.0 based on 1 reviews

Science Centre Immaginario Scientifico

Immaginario Scientifico is a science centre: an interactive and experimental museum, where you can literally “touch” science. Hands-on exhibits, multi projections, a planetarium, laboratories, lectures and tinkering sessions: in this way visitors become protagonists of an experience that shows how science is at everyone’s reach and can be a lot of fun!

3. Speleovivarium Erwin Pichl

Via Guido Reni 2/c, 34123, Trieste Italy +39 040 306770 [email protected] http://www.sastrieste.it/SitoSAS/Viva1.html
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5.0 based on 29 reviews

Speleovivarium Erwin Pichl

Museum of Speleology Take the opportunity to enter the world of caves just in the city centre where an old bunker from WW2 has been turned in a museum. Discover history, geology and life of the lightless world and meet the animals that live underground!!!

4. Museo Casa di Osiride Brovedani

Via Leon Battista Alberti 6 angolo via San Marco, 34144, Trieste Italy +39 366 676 6799 [email protected] http://www.fondazionebrovedani.it/museo
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5.0 based on 7 reviews

Museo Casa di Osiride Brovedani

SIAMO APERTI!!! Il museo "Casa di Osiride Brovedani" è un luogo della memoria, da visitare per conoscere la vita di uno dei benefattori di Trieste, le cui vicende personali e imprenditoriali, con la Fissan, si intrecciano con la storia della città del Novecento, e per scoprire quanto lontano si può andare quando si crede in se stessi e nella forza delle proprie idee. Il ricordo del passato è essenziale per vivere il presente con una maggiore consapevolezza. Occorre ricordare la tragedia nazista, e gli altri episodi di sterminio del XX secolo, per saper riconoscere la deriva ideologica e frenarla sul nascere. E occorre anche avere il riferimento, per trarne ispirazione, dagli esempi di chi, come Brovedani, con grandi sacrifici e parecchia tenacia, non ha mai perso la speranza, anzi: l’ha usata come chiave per costruirsi una vita nuova, per darsi un’altra possibilità e non rimanere inscatolato in un’esistenza di routine e insoddisfazione.

5. Civico Museo della Risiera di San Sabba

Via Giovanni Palatucci 5 Ingresso Gratuito, 34148, Trieste Italy +39 040 826202 [email protected] http://www.risierasansabba.it
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4.5 based on 1,855 reviews

Civico Museo della Risiera di San Sabba

Reviewed By SurfingSimon - Sacramento, United States

A former Nazi prison camp, the only one left in Italy, built in an old rice factory. While off the beaten path (we traveled by bus), this was well worth the visit. The place is somber and evocative and moving. The footprint of the former crematorium is laid out in metal slabs. Tiny cells for prisoners stand in quiet testimony to the horrors of the camp. Everyone should make a visit here.

6. Civico Museo Sartorio

Largo Papa Giovanni XXIII 1, 34123, Trieste Italy +39 040 301479 [email protected] http://www.retecivica.trieste.it/triestecultura/new/musei/museo_sartorio/default.asp
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4.5 based on 124 reviews

Civico Museo Sartorio

Reviewed By markbP9233UB - Surrey, United Kingdom

This museum is a true hidden gem of Trieste, just a 10 minute walk from the Grand Piazza (follow the harbour promenade for good views). This former villa of wealthy merchants was generously given by the Sartorio family as a public museum after the second World War, when the city was an Allied protectorate. It houses a very varied and fascinating collection, including: sculptures, historical artefacts and furniture, a china collection, portraits and other paintings, and a superb collection of ecclesiastical artwork. There are also several fully furnished rooms, notably the Duke's bedroom, the Baroque style sitting room, the Gothic themed music room, library, and kitchen equipped as in the heyday of the house in the late 19th century. What makes the museum such a treat is that with the varied styles and contents, each room is a real surprise. Added to this was a very helpful custodian who was happy to answer any questions without breathing down our necks. Entry is free and there's no pressure to make a donation, but I thought it was thoroughly worthwhile, and certainly recommend a visit. Allow at least an hour to view all three floors, maybe two to appreciate the contents fully.

7. Museo Ferroviario di Trieste Campo Marzio

Via Giulio Cesare 1, 34123, Trieste Italy +39 040 379 4185 http://www.museoferroviariotrieste.it/
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4.5 based on 203 reviews

Museo Ferroviario di Trieste Campo Marzio

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8. Museo Teatrale Carlo Schmidl

Via Gioacchino Rossini 4 Palace Gopcevich, 34132, Trieste Italy +39 040 675 4039 https://www.museoschmidl.it/
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4.5 based on 71 reviews

Museo Teatrale Carlo Schmidl

9. Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Trieste

Via Dei Tominz 4, 34139, Trieste Italy +39 040 675 4603 [email protected] http://www.museostorianaturaletrieste.it
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Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Trieste

The oldest and most important Science Museum in the area, with over 2 million specimens, mostly from the Adriatic and the Karst. The museum is especially famous for owning and displaying some great finds and specimens.The dinosaur Antonio, known to science as Tethyshadros insularis, is the largest and most complete Italian dinosaur, but also one of the most important paleontological discoveries in Europe. The only one of its genus of all the known dinosaurs in the world and the only complete specimen ever found of this species, it is an original and indigenous fossil, found in the coastal cliffs of the Villaggio del Pescatore (20 km NW of Trieste).From prehistory and from this area (in this case, from Slovenian Istria ) comes yet another exhibit that is unique in human history… Lonche (or Loka) Man, the oldest example of the use of beekeeping for dental care. It is a human jawbone from more than 6,400 years ago, which has a dental filling medicated with beeswax.Finally, from the North Adriatic, we have Carlotta, an imposing female Great White Shark, 5.4 m (almost 18 ft) long. Caught by an adventurous captain in 1906, it is the largest and most spectacular shark carnivore in Europe and the second largest in the world, among those that are fully preserved.At the Museum you can also admire: the Wunderkammer (or Room of Wonders) with original exhibits from every continent, reconstructing the Wunderkammer from the dawn of science museums. Then there is the faithful rearrangement (always with original and period furnishings ) of the Zoological Cabinet that two centuries ago gave rise to this very Museum of Trieste. In the dinosaur halls we can find not only Antonio, but also the Acynodon adriaticus, an extraordinary fossil crocodile and oyster-eater and the ancient Marchesetti’s Carsosaurus (a mysterious primitive marine reptile). On the upper floor there are also the rooms on the Evolution of Man (with all the major stages of the development of our species), the rooms displaying the Giants of the Earth and Sea (elephants, Monk Seals, whales and the mythical Narwhal the unicorn of the sea), the Theatre of Skeletons and the room displaying the Cycle of Life. At the end you'll find yourself immersed in the sea, amidst sharks, corals, giant crabs and the Coelacanth, an ancestral fish from the abyss and a true living fossil.

Reviewed By gabl81 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands

On a grey/rainy day, there's nothing better than a trip to a museum, that's not a big news, anyway we have been unexpectedly surprised by the quality of the specimens and the meticulous archiving of the items at Museo Civico di Storia Naturale. The whole museum is also all captioned in English which is great for tourists and most pieces are extremely interesting. Our favourite was the marine section with the massive whales. Full of activities for kids to try and test out. The price of the ticket is extremely affordable at just 3€ for adults, making the visit even more enjoyable when you're visiting Trieste. Maybe the only slight drawback if we can call it so, is the location, since it's not really visible from the road, you really have to get there because you want to be there, not exactly on a tourist trail if you're in the center but nevertheless worth the little de-tour!

10. Museo Postale e Telegrafico della Mitteleuropa

Piazza Vittorio Veneto 1 Palazzo delle Poste Italiane, 34132, Trieste Italy +39 040 676 4264 [email protected] http://www.retecivica.trieste.it/triestecultura/new/musei/museo_postale/
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4.5 based on 8 reviews

Museo Postale e Telegrafico della Mitteleuropa

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