The Accademia Carrara is a unique example of civic awareness, founded by the prodigious art collector, Count Giacomo Carrara. The collection has been enriched and expanded over the course of the last two centuries, thanks to generous donations from other art collectors.

The gallery represents a beautiful love affair with culture and art, coupled with a desire to give everyone the possibility to admire these splendid masterpieces.

The lack of religious altarpieces bears witness to the fact that the majority of the Accademia Carrara’s artwork is the extraordinary result of private donations from wealthy private collectors who favour smaller pieces that characterise the ongoing quest for beauty and grace.

Among others, you will have the chance to admire masterpieces by Mantegna, Bellini. Botticelli, Raphael, Perugino, Lotto, Moroni, Palma Vecchio, Baschenis, Canaletto, Titian.