The National Gallery of the Marche, in the city of Urbino, is located in the spaces of the Ducal Palace, a splendid residence commissioned by Federico da Montefeltro.

The National Gallery of the Marche preserves a vast heritage of artworks including paintings and sculptures from the 13th to the 18th century, ceramics, coins, drawings, and some furnishings, in addition to the decorations of the Ducal Palace's rooms. 

The National Gallery of the Marche is indissolubly linked both to the names of the architects who worked on the building, Luciano Laurana and Francesco di Giorgio, and to those of the artists whose works are exhibited in the gallery, evoking the cultural atmosphere of the Federican age. Among them are the painter Giovanni Santi and his famous son Raffaello, Pedro Berruguete as well as Federico Barocci and Titian.

In addition to the Gallery, the Ducal Palace houses on the ground floor the Archaeological and Lapidary Museum, which originated from the collections of inscriptions gathered in Urbino by Fabretti.