Museo Tattile Statale Omero Tours and Tickets

Visitors can enter the Museo Tattile Statale Omero for free, but there is a €5 admission fee to enter the Design Collection area of the museum. This includes access to dozens of reproductions of classical and contemporary sculptures, designed specifically to be touched by both visually impaired and sighted visitors.

Yes, this unique museum holds a collection of plaster and resin copies of sculptures and iconic Italian design objects that visitors can touch with their eyes open or while wearing a blindfold (available for purchase at the museum entrance). All works on display are meant to be handled.

Visitors are encouraged to linger as long as they’d like to touch each work of art and design at this multisensory art museum. Most spend 1–2 hours exploring the collection, leaving plenty of time to take in Ancona’s old town and other top attractions.

Yes, the Museo Tattile Statle Omero’s hands-on collection is one of the few tactile art museums in the world, and is a fun way for visitors of all ages to experience masterpieces through touch. Kids can run their hands over works of classical and contemporary art and design with eyes open, closed, or even blindfolded.

The collection is divided into three main themes. The historic section features copies of masterpieces such as Venus de Milo, the Discobolus, and Michelangelo’s David. The contemporary section features works by Pistoletto, De Chirico, and other modern sculptors. Finally, the Design Collection highlights Italian icons like Bialetti’s Moka stovetop espresso pot and the Vespa scooter.