Designed in 1550 by Andrea Palladio for Girolamo Chiericati, in Piazza Matteotti, the grandiose building was completed only around 1680 faithfully following Palladio's project. The Municipality of Vicenza acquired it in 1839 from the noble Chiericati family, with the intention of collecting the civic art collections. Restored in those years by the architects Berti and Miglioranza, the Civic Museum was opened to the public on 18 August 1855. The Palazzo Chiericati, today the Vicenza Municipal Picture Gallery, houses masterpieces by Van Dyck, Tintoretto, Tiepolo, Menarola and other artists, contains a prestigious contemporary art collection, but also a large collection of prints, drawings, numismatics, medieval and modern statuary.

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