City Museum of Brescia: Arms Museum Luigi Marzoli

ARMS MUSEUM LUIGI MARZOLI AND MUSEUM OF RISORGIMENTO; Via Castello 9, 25121 Brescia

TIMES. Business hours:  Thursday and Friday at 9:00 to 16:00 (ticket office closes at 15:30); Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 to 17:00 (ticket office closes at 16:30); closed on Mondays.
Openings on holidays: Monday, December 8 hours 10:00 to 17:00 (last admission 16:30); Friday, December 26 hours 10:00 to 17:00 (last admission 16:30); Thursday, January 1 hours 12:00 to 17:00 (last admission 16:30); Tuesday, January 6 hours 10:00 to 17:00 (last admission 16:30); The Castle Museums are closed on days 24, 25 and 31 December;  The museums are closed for holidays on days 24, 25 and 31 December.

TICKETS (combined ticket for the two museums); € 5,00, reduced € 4.00 (from 14 to 18 years, over 65 years, university students, groups of 10 to 30 people, conventions), schools € 3.00, admission and teaching € 4.50, card Desire Free

FOR INFORMATION: for information CUP (Unique Booking Centre) tel. 030.2977833-834,from October 1 to June 15 from Monday to Sunday from 10:00 to 16:00,from June 16 to September 30 from Tuesday to Sunday from 11:00 to 17:00; santagiulia@bresciamusei.com

Since 1988 the Visconti Keep  houses the municipal Luigi Marzoli Arms Museum, one of the most important of its kind in Europe because of the wealth of XV and XVI  arms and armour and XVII and XVIII guns in its collections. The exhibits, of great historical and artistic interest, are set out in various sections according to type and period. there are about six hundred items on display offering significant examples of both Milanese arms production and that of Brescia, which boasts a centuries-old tradition in the sector.

The reorganized Risorgimento Museum was inaugurated in October 2005 in the upper rooms of the Grande Miglio building in the castle, once a large granary for the castle’s Venetian garrison which was built in the late sixteenth century. (source comune di Brescia, www.turismobrescia.it)