Palazzo Madama located in Piazza Castello in Turin is a UNESCO World Heritage site, as part of the Residences of the Royal House of Savoy.

It is one of the oldest and most fascinating palaces in the city, with architectural and historical evidence from the Roman era to the Baroque period of Filippo Juvarra, who designed the current facade in 1716-1718.

Palazzo Madama owes its name to Madama Cristina of Bourbon-France, known as the first Royal Madam, who stayed there for some time.

Palazzo Madama is now home to the Civic Museum of Ancient Art, founded in 1860. The museum houses a rich collection of over 60,000 works of painting, sculpture, and decorative arts from the Byzantine period to the 19th century.

The museum's exhibition path is divided into four floors. Starting from the moat level with the arts of the Middle Ages, featuring stone sculptures, mosaics, goldsmith works, and access to the Medieval Garden. Going up to the ground floor, you will find the arts from the 1300s to the Renaissance. The first floor, with its Baroque rooms, is dedicated to the arts of the 1600s and 1700s, with the painting gallery and the sumptuous decorations of the royal apartments. The second floor houses a collection of decorative arts from all periods.

The Museum of Palazzo Madama boasts several masterpieces in its collection including Portrait of a Man by Antonello da Messina, the illuminated manuscript Très Belles Heures de Notre-Dame by Jean de Berry with miniatures by Jan Van Eyck, the Medici Vase, Meissen porcelain, the Dancing Faun of Doccia, the Desana Treasure, and works by Gaudenzio Ferrari, Orazio Gentileschi, and Pietro Piffetti.