Superb. Un muzeu frumos. Merita vizitat. The Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Mansi is one of the two main art museum hosting tapestry collections and mainly post-19th century art collections owned by the city of Lucca, Italy. The collection is displayed in the Baroque palace, formerly belonging to the Mansi family, and located in central Lucca. Many of the original room decorations remain in place. The Palace was first erected at the site of a few earlier tower-houses bought in 1616 by the Lucchese merchant of silk Ascanio Mansi and his descendants. While the facade retains earlier Renaissance window features, between 1686 and 1691, Ascanio's son Raffaello employed the architect Raffaello Mazzanti to further renovate the now palace, and the piano nobile rooms acquired the present decoration and a grand staircase access. The cooler ground floor rooms were turned into a summer apartment. In the second half of the 18th century, Luigi Mansi pursued further refurbishing. The Mansi family retained prestige in the early 19th century; Raffaele Mansi and Camilla Parensi had been appointed courtiers to Elisa Bonaparte and Felice Baciocchi. Raffaello Mansi Orsetti, who died in 1956, was the first to display the art collections to the public. In the mid-1960s his children sold the palace to the state, which has converted into a National Museum of arts and tapestries. The interiors house a highly decorated bedroom alcove with gilded caryatid columns flanking the portal.

Amazing house full of treasures. Difficult to get in because of only 2 entrance times

If you are in Lucca don't miss it: it's an amazingly rich collection of tapestries (arazzi) from a rich merchant family (Mansi) from 1600, all originals. Not to mention the paintings collection among which a couple of Tintoretto's and a Ghirlandaio's.

It’s a good surprise for me to find this small museum! It’s a good opportunity to learn a bit history of Lucca and it’s prominent families. So happy to see a room which is dedicated to the Medici family. The price is only 4 euro per adult.

The palace of the Duke of Lucca. The 3 grand rooms of the wall tapestries are stunningly superb, worth visiting just for them. 6 stars! At 400 years old, much of the colour of the dyes remains, as good as anything else in major musuems, Louvre included. For once, i could even imagine what they looked like when new. And them there is the OTT bed chamber with silk wall coverings, a true "must see".

An evocative 17th century palace with dramatic baroque rooms and furnishings. There is also an extensive painting collection hung in an old fashioned manner, picture above picture, and including some very fine works.

4€ per adult, 2€ reduced. We enjoyed the rooms and all their different styles, there is more on the upper floors were the museum changes into an art gallery. English information is available in all rooms, sadly a bit generic. Enjoyed it anyway. It’s a shame that there is no beautiful garden at Villa Mansi, but the house is worth a visit.

Cheap, but not the largest museum, with most paintings and artifacts being from 1800's onwards. The biggest issue is the lack of air conditioning or even fans, which especially on the third floor almost makes it unbearable to view the exhibits. The garden was also closed for renovations.

Interesting museum in the palace of one of Lucca's most prominent families, with gorgeous portraits and an interesting and lovely collection related to Eliza, sister of Napoleon.

It was interesting the way it was finished, wood trim painted to look like marble, walls painted to look like tapestries and floors painted to look like terrazzo.

Amazing art and super cheap entrance ticket. We payed 3 euro per person and it is more than worth it seeing this museum for such a price.

5 euros is not too bad a price. Lots of beautiful rooms and architecture to see. English translations too.

Nondescript from the outside, Palazzo Mansi is a gem inside Lucca's wall. This national museum provides the visitor with a real sense of the lives of the wealthy merchant Mansi Family. Baroque painted ceilings, Belgian tapestries and Venetian chandeliers decorate the rooms. The pinocoteca private art gallery demonstrates the Mansi wealth while the elegant loggia hints at la dolce vita. Palazzo Mansi is the best example of 17th and 18th century Lucchese wealth inside the wall.

It's small, but all the best things come in small packages. It is beautiful, fabulous artworks, furniture, tapestries and the ceilings are breathtaking. Well worth it

Palazzo of the Mansi family. Interesting place for an internal walk. One is able to visit the 1st floor of the mansion

The real stars of this comparatively small collection are the stunning textiles. Multiple bedrooms with a variety of draperies and tapestry. A very small but well chosen exhibit of clothing from 1750s to 1920s may have been my favorite. If you like design, textiles, or historic fashion, this is a little jewel box.

Impressive palace with good painting collection and a set of fantastic Flemish tapestry. Love the costume collection!

Found this museum while on a day trip to Lucca. This is a beautiful old building with many furnishings. It is amazing how Italy has been able to preserve these old landmarks. It usually takes about 90 minutes to get through the whole museum which was a wonderful experience.

Well laid out lots of info and artifacts, garden could be fabulous but missing a trick at the moment.

Small but beautiful villa with a good art collection

Great experience for the good price. You can visit a house of a nobleman in a great condition with original furniture and equipment. Very interesting are 3D frescos at the ceiling.

Such an inspiring place to visit for art&décor! Don’t miss it!

Great house, beautiful decor. A lot of fully furnished rooms + upstairs a collection of paintings from local artists. Totally worth the money, especially compared to the rather high entrance fees in other tuscany cities and Lucca itself

Really enjoyed the museum. The exterior is not special or beautiful but the interior was fascinating. Totally recommend it.