Deruta e le sue collezioni d'arte. Guida ufficiale

In a document from the mid-16th century Deruta is defined as 'the town of civil art' and owes its pleasantness to the beautiful territory that hosts it between the Tiber valley and the green hills behind it. Inserted in the national circuit that brings together the main ceramic manufacturing centres, it is rightly part of the 'Ceramic Road in Umbria', 

This guide is a very useful tool for approaching with the right awareness the many curiosities hidden in the folds of the rich history of this diligent and active community. 

The Regional Museum, which houses about six thousand pieces of ceramics - covering a chronological span from the end of the 13th century to the present day - stands out for the beauty of its interior spaces and the exceptional nature of its exhibits. 

The Municipal Art Gallery surprises with some rarities housed here, such as the Missal by the Master of Deruta from the end of the 13th century, the Madonna dei Consoli by 15th-century Niccolò Alunno and the detached fresco by Pietro Perugino, as well as the precious Pascoli Collection with works from the late 17th century to the first decades of the 18th century.