The Civic Museum of Palazzo Te is located in the rooms on the upper floor. There are four collections on display:
Gonzaga Section
The section consists of materials mainly related to the history of Mantua in the Gonzaga period (1328-1707): a Numismatic Collection consisting of 595 coins produced by the Mint of Mantua, a collection of cones and punches, the ancient series of weights and measures of the State of Mantua and a collection of 62 medals of the Gonzaga and illustrious people of Mantua.
Donation "Arnoldo Mondadori"
The section consists of nineteen paintings by Federico Zandomeneghi (1841-1917) and thirteen by Armando Spadini (1883-1925), collected by Arnoldo Mondadori and donated in 1974 by the heirs of the publisher of Mantuan origin.
Egyptian " collection;Giuseppe Acerbi"
Giuseppe Acerbi (1773-1846), Consul General of Austria in Egypt, participated in 1829 in some phases of the famous archaeological expedition led by Jean François Champollion. It constituted an important collection of archaeological material, 500 pieces which he donated to the city of Mantua in 1840. Now his collection is entirely on display in Palazzo Te.
Mesopotamian " Collection;Ugo Sissa"
The collection consisting of Ugo Sissa, Mantuan architect and painter (1913-1980), chief architect in Baghdad between 1953 and 1958, consists of about 250 pieces of Mesopotamian art dated between the end of the sixth millennium BC and the end of the first millennium AD.
