Art and monuments
International Museum of Ceramics
In Faenza, the town that gave majolica its name across half of Europe.
Founded in 1908, the MIC holds over 60,000 works: from the ceramics of antiquity to those of the Italian Renaissance, up to pieces by twentieth-century artists such as Picasso, Matisse and Chagall.
After the museum take a walk in the centre: in many workshops you can watch the potters at work, and Piazza del Popolo with its arcades is ten minutes away on foot.
Opening days, times and tickets change through the year: always check the official site before you set off.
Getting to Faenza
From the airport, the station or your hotel: a driver takes you there and picks you up when you are done. Fixed price, book online.
Book your transferService by Romagna Transfer. Their site opens.
More places nearby
Basilica of San Vitale
Ravenna · Art and monumentsPhoto: Commonists, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Mausoleum of Galla Placidia
Ravenna · Art and monumentsPhoto: currybet, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sant'Apollinare in Classe
Ravenna · Art and monumentsPhoto: Vanni Lazzari, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sant'Apollinare Nuovo
Ravenna · Art and monumentsPhoto: Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Events nearby
3 Jan - 15 Nov
Sulla Buona Strada: Wine and Treasures of the Province of Ravenna
Musei, cantine e agriturismi della provincia di Ravenna, Faenza
20 Jun 2026 - 10 Jan 2027
Nordic Table Design. A Silent Female Revolution (1900-1970)
MIC Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche, viale Baccarini 19, Faenza