Italy Guide
Liguria
Museo Palazzo Tursi
The splendid Palazzo TursiAddress: Via Garibaldi is the largest of Genoa's palaces and boasts a glassed-in main courtyard. It's the site of the town hall and, for the past couple of years, the Sala Paganiniana Opening time: Tues– Fri 9am–7pm, Sat & Sun 10am–7pmPrice: free 
www.museopalazzotursi.it , a small museum dedicated to the great Italian violinist Niccolò Paganini, who was born in Genoa in 1782, although he spent most of his professional career in Lucca. The prime exhibit, displayed with an almost religious reverence, is the cannone, the great man's own Guarneri violin made in 1743.