Visiting hours

Monday-Friday
9.00 am – 7.00 pm

Saturday, Sunday, Holidays
9.00 am – 8.00 pm

Ticket

Reductions

Who is entitled to buy the ticket at a reduced price:

• visitors between 6 and 19 years old
• visitator over 65
• university students with a valid card
• teachers with professional card
• companion of a holder of valid Roverella Card 
• Reduced Coupon holders

Who is entitled to the free ticket:

• children up to 5 years
• carers of school groups
• handicapped persons + 1 companion
• licensed tour guides
• licensed journalists
• holders of a free coupon

Conventions

Here are the agreements entitling you to purchase the ticket at a reduced price:

• holders of the ticket for Museo della Giostra di Bergantino, Museo dei Grandi fiumi di Rovigo, Villa Badoer di Fratta Polesine, Collezione Balzan di Badia Polesine, Museo Archeologico di Adria e Fratta Polesine, Museo Archeologico Nazionale Este, Giardino Marchiori, Museo delle Acque di Crespino e MuViG di Canaro, purchased as from 09/24/2022
• account holders, personnel and workers’ associations of Intesa Sanpaolo with a card
• holders of a valid FAI – Italian Environmental Fund – card 
• holders of the ticket for Museo Civico di Abano Terme Villa Bassi Rathgeb purchased as from 09/24/2022
• holders of Italo Train ticket dated 7 days before or after the entrance to the exhibition
• holders of Coop and Coop. Alleanza 3.0 card
• holders of Cral card
• holders of FIDAM Federazione Italiana degli amici dei musei card
• holders of ALUMNI Associazione Alumni dell’Università degli studi di Padova and  Associazione Amici dell’Università di Padova cards
• holders of the ticket for MUSME – Museo di Storia della Medicina in Padova purchased as from 09/24/2022
• holders of the ticket for Orto Botanico di Padova purchased as from 09/24/2022
• holders of the ticket for Palazzo Zabarella purchased as from 09/24/2022

Accessibility

Lifts, mobile ramps and wheelchairs. If you have a physical disability you can reach the main entrance to the exhibition autonomously. If you need assistance, the entrance is constantly attended by our staff during opening hours; they’ll be happy to welcome you and facilitate your visit, enabling you to explore every exhibition space and reach the restrooms with ease.

We have two priorities: to protect our art and make your experience with us unique.
Therefore, we ask our visitors:

• Don’t introduce strollers
• Don’t make phone calls
• Do not take photos of the works for which it is not allowed
• Don’t make video footage of the works for which it is not allowed
• Don’t use selfie-stick to take photos or make video footage 
• Don’t consume food and drinks
• Don’t speak loudly or shout
• Don’t take animals inside

The emotions of L’occhio in gioco do not end at Palazzo del Monte di Pietà: take a suggestive walk in the historic center of Padua and discover the “off-exhibition” installations. Follow the path of the map and in five minutes you can reach the prestigious seat of the University of Palazzo Bo to admire the great optical spiral of Marina Apollonio, in another five minutes you can reach the Museum of the history of medicine in Padua and become the protagonist of a work of art with the installation Tu sei by Alberto Biasi; finally, you can visit the ancient botanical garden of Padua and be amazed by the optical illusions of Edoardo Landi.

Marina Apollonio, Spazio ad Attivazione Cinetica 6B

Until 8 December 2022
Palazzo Bo
Via VIII Febbraio 2, Padua
From 8.00 am to 7.00 pm
Free Entry

Alberto Biasi, Tu sei

Until 26 February 2023
Musme
Via San Francesco 94, Padua
Information and opening times
Reduced price admission for the holders of ticket of L’occhio in gioco

Edoardo Landi, Quadrato Cinevisuale e Ipercubi virtuali

Until 8 January 2023
Orto botanico di Padova
Via Orto botanico 15, Padua
Information and opening times
Reduced price admission for the holders of ticket of L’occhio in gioco

Coronavirus

Safety tips for everyone:

• Ticket reservation is recommended
• It is important to arrive 10 minutes before the time chosen during the booking process
• Respect the indicated visit route
• Do not touch display cases and exhibited objects
• Sanitize your hands using the dispensers at your disposal at the entrance and inside the museum
• Keep interpersonal distance of at least 1 meter

How to get there

If you arrive by train:
From the train station it takes 20 minutes. Continue from Piazzale della Stazione towards Corso del Popolo and go on towards Corso Garibaldi, continue to Piazza Garibaldi, where you will have to turn right to take Via Santa Lucia, after 200 meters turn slightly left and take Via Nazario Sauro, and then turn right to take Piazza dei Signori. At the clock, continue on the left into Via Monte di Pietà until you turn right after 50 meters and you will find yourself in Piazza Duomo. The entrance to the exhibition will be at number 14 under the portico of Palazzo Monte di Pietà.

If you arrive by car:
Take the Padova Ovest exit if you are coming from Milan (E70 motorway) or the Padova Sud exit if you are coming from Bologna (A13 motorway). Then follow the signs for the city center.

To park:
It is advisable to use the Park Padova Centro, located in Via Trieste, 50.