Please read before visiting: this is not a museum. This should not be under the "things to do in Genoa" on Google. When I got there I was told that it's an auction house, not a museum. I did take pictures outside and on surrounding areas with beautiful views.

Hidden treasure! We wanted to visit a castle near by a bus stop and stumbled upon the Mackenzie Castle. It's a private castle which is used as an auction house, but the people here were very kind to show us around! Absolutely stunning interior and exterior and well worth to take a look here.

Not what we expected. It's an auction house which offers tours by appointment, though the gentleman who gives the tours was nice enough to show us around despite our unannounced arrival. They are setting up or tearing down auctions 80 percent of the time, but if you hit it right you may get an impressive art exhibition. The "castle" is an 1898 Florentine mansion with heavy influence from Tuscany. It's quite worth the visit, and will continue to improve as restoration moves forward.

Lovely impressive building in perfect neo gothic style.

Scenic place

Awesome structure

Looks fantastic from the outside

Beautiful place to see while in Genova!

Cambi art auctions

We went to Mackenzie Castle thinking it was a museum and open to the public, but when we arrived the staff told us it's a private castle. A bit disappointed, we wanted to go back but one of the men behind the counter told us he might be able to give us a tour either way. Totally unexpected! We were given a small tour of the interior and exterior of the castle which was really beautiful. Many thanks to the lovely staff of Mackenzie Castle!!

Необычный и нетипичный замок в стиле средневековья, но новодел, т.к. построен значительно позже в 1893-1905 годах. Замок Маккензи это эклектичный особняк начала 19-го века. Внешне чем-то перекликается с Палаццо Веккьо во Флоренции. Сейчас это резиденция аукционного дома. Проводятся выставки. Кстати, еще один вариант эклектики конца 18-го века в Генуе - замок Альбертис. Во время посещения в 2019 году был на реконструкции, шли ремонтные работы.