Villa Centurione Doria, home of the Maritime Museum of Pegli for several years, is currently closed. The Museum, however, is alive: we are working to make it a secure place and to plan new activities to be shared with visitors in sight of a future reopening. Thanks to an agreement with the CUP (Centro Universitario Ponente) it is possible, for members and citizens (by reservation), to carry out occasional public or private events.

Villa Centurione Doria, home of the Maritime Museum of Pegli for several years, is currently closed. The Museum, however, is alive: we are working to make it a secure place and to plan new activities to be shared with visitors in sight of a future reopening. Thanks to an agreement with the CUP (Centro Universitario Ponente) it is possible, for members and citizens (by reservation), to carry out occasional public or private events.

Pegli Maritime Museum

The Museum is part of the Mu.MA -Institution Museums of the Sea and Migration, together with the Galata Maritime Museum, the Museum of the lighthouse “La Lanterna” and the Commenda di Prè that will house the MEI Museum of Italian Migration.

The Renaissance villa of Giovanni Andrea Doria, nephew and heir of the famous admiral Andrea Doria,  houses the maritime collections of Genoa and the Rivieras, ranging from the 15th to the 19th century.The collections were mostly acquired by the Municipality of Genoa thanks to important donations and they were first exhibited in the aristocratic residence in 1930, when the villa became public property. The villa itself has great charm also due to the frescoes that still preserves.

Visitors can admire precious maps, paintings, drawings, ship models, construction and navigation tools, and “visit” the old shipyards and workshops of the maritime world. Of great significance are the stories of work culture of Ligurian sailors and shipwrights.

In recent years, the museum has established itself as a veritable cultural arena for the west of Genoa, a meeting place for Associations offering a rich program of art exhibitions, as well as cultural and social events.

 

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In 1922, one of the most important naval designers in the country, the engineer Fabio Garelli, donated his private collection to the Municipality of Genoa, made up of a rich collection of models, watercolors, engravings, drawings and books.

Many other bequests have been added to the Garelli donation, among which that of the Librarian of the shipowner Gio. Batta Bibolini particularly stands out.

It is from these two collections that many of the most significant works of the museum come.

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