International Museum of Ceramics — Attraction in Unione della Romagna Faentina

Incredible museum, focused on the ceramic arts. I'm honestly so impressed with this space, it's difficult to express. A comprehensive overview of pottery and ceramics is provided, including discussion and display of technique, craft, evolution of the art throughout recorded history, and exploration of modern styles and methods. I consider myself reasonably well-informed, and I learned so much in an afternoon in this space.

The museum is also VAST; it's much bigger than it appears from the outside. If you're someone who likes to read the educational displays and actually care about historic information, you'll definitely need more than one day to tour all of the exhibits. I spent about four hours, here - and saw less than a third of the building.

During the work week, the museum was nearly empty (so easy to maximize the experience, and explore as much as possible). If you're limited on time, I highly recommend checking out the intro to ceramics space (downstairs, next to the entrance) for an overview, and then skipping up to the modern art exhibit. The MIC's Premio Faenza prize competition has been running for more than 60 years, and their modern ceramics showcase includes an incredible selection of contributing artists from past years. If you're lucky enough to visit during the summer season, you can also witness the current year's entries and winners (the 2023 show runs from July 1st to October 29th). Definitely...

I was expecting more about the process of producing ceramics and how people used to make it in the past, what are the new technology etc. But this was my expectation. I cannot make a review over expectation.

But what made my visit disappointing was how chaotic is the museum. Some pieces miss the explanation. Even having a map, I felt lost several times. There was not a clear flow among the stations. The shop was very disappointing too. So... Unless you are a ceramic fanatic, I do not recommend spending time and money there. Go around the city, look...

A beautiful museum featuring ceramics from Faenza and around the world. A really amazing collection that also features the winners of a ceramics competition held in Faenza every year. The building is also quite beautiful in its own right. Just a short note, if you're elderly and need to sit down from time to time, there are only squishy foam benches which wobble a little, so it might be uncomfortable. But the museum isn't enormous or anything and I'm sure you'll be provided with a chair if you ask, as the staff was...