Info
Contacts
FAI - Villa e Collezione Panza
Piazza Litta,1 Varese (Italy)
Tel. +39 0332 283960
Fax +39 0332 239669
faibiumo@fondoambiente.it
Opening Times
Open every day except non-public-holiday Mondays
10am-6pm
Ticket Office closes at 5:15 pm.
On Sundays, the work Ganzfeld by James Turrell will be open until 8 pm. Restaurant "Luce" offers a cocktail buffet (10 Euros per drink)
In busy periods with high visitor numbers, access to the work Ganzfeld by James Turrell is not guaranteed.
Read more about details of visitor access to this artwork.
Tickets
Adults: €12,50 ( Tuesdays and Wednesdays €10)
FAI members: €6
Children (aged 4 - 14): €6
Students (aged 15 - 26): weekdays €8 - weekends and public holidays €10
Families (parents with children aged 15 and under): €30
Guided tours on prior request
Group visits from Tuesday to Saturday morning book in advance by calling (+39) 0332 283960
Accessing James Turrell's Ganzfeld
How to get there
By car
Take the A8 motorway ('Autostrada dei Laghi') to Varese,
then follow the signs for Villa Panza.
Parking is available within Villa Panza at a cost of €2.50.
Public transport
Train: | Trenord, from Milan Cadorna to Varese Nord; from Milan Porta Garibaldi to Varese FS; from Treviglio/Milan Passante to Varese FS. |
Autobus: | Line A from Piazzale Trieste (train station) heading for Biumo Superiore - Piazza Litta (terminus) Departure at minute 14 and 44 of every hour on weekdays, at minute 14 of every hour during holidays. |
Until December 8, 2014 you can buy a combined ticket at the ticket offices of Trenord (Ferrovienord network) and at "my link Point" in Cadorna Station (Milan) and Garibaldi Station (Milan). The combined ticket is worth € 19.00 and includes:
- Entrance to Villa Panza and the exhibition Aisthesis
- A Trenord round-trip ticket from any station of the Ferrovienord network in Lombardy, with destination Varese
In partnership with Autolinee Varesine, the return bus journey from Villa Panza is free of charge. By showing (on Line A only) a validated one-way bus ticket and an entry ticket to the exhibition (valid for the same day as the journey), you are entitled to the return journey (starting from the Biumo terminus opposite Villa Panza) at no charge.
On foot
From the train station, take Viale Milano, then Via Dandolo, then Via Morazzone and finally Via Crosa: approximately 1 mile, 15-20 minutes.
Services for the public
"Luce" Restaurant: tel. (+39) 0332 242199
Cafeteria
Bookshop
Guided tours on prior request
Group visits from Tuesday to Saturday morning book in advance by calling (+39) 0332 283960
Agreements
The exhibition ticket entitles you to reduced admission at:
- MART - Contemporary and Modern Art Museum of Trento and Rovereto: € 7 instead of € 11
- GAMeC - Gallery of Modern Art and Contemporary Art in Bergamo: € 4 instead of € 5
- Castello di Rivoli - Contemporary Art Museum in Rivoli (Turin) : € 4,50 instead of € 6,50
- Current exhibitions at:
Art Museum of the City of Lugano (CH)
Cantonal Art Museum of Lugano (CH)
20% discount is recognize to those who present at Villa Panza the ticket of the following museums:
- MART - Contemporary and Modern Art Museum of Trento and Rovereto
- GAMeC - Gallery of Modern Art and Contemporary Art in Bergamo
- Castello di Rivoli - Contemporary Art Museum in Rivoli (Turin)
- MA*GA Museum - Gallery Foundation of Modern and Contemporary Art of Gallarate (Varese)
- The exhibition Giuseppe Panza di Biumo. Dialoghi Americani at Cà Pesaro, Venice