MAUTO, Turin's National Automobile Museum

MAUTO tickets: the museum and the hop-on hop-off bus together

The ticket we sell for MAUTO is a combo: entry to the museum plus 24 or 48 hours on the City Sightseeing hop-on hop-off bus, on all three of its lines, with an audio guide on board. From the age of 26 it costs €45 with 24 hours of bus and €49 with 48, and from 6 to 25 the price starts at €27. The bus’s blue line stops at the museum, at stop 4.

On top of that you get 10% off at the museum’s café, and at its bookshop when you spend €50 or more, plus Wi-Fi. The museum’s own audio guide isn’t included, and you can cancel up to 72 hours before the day.

MAUTO on the Torino+Piemonte Card, with the Centro Storico Fiat

With the Torino+Piemonte Card MAUTO is included, and the museum’s visit page doesn’t ask card holders to book. The card also includes the Centro Storico Fiat, which MAUTO runs in Fiat’s old workshop on Via Chiabrera, about 20 minutes away by metro. So one card gets you into both car museums.

The Turin Royal Pass doesn’t list MAUTO among its museums.

The collection at MAUTO and what the renovation changed

The core of the collection comes from Carlo Biscaretti di Ruffia, the man behind the museum. Its Italian makers include Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Ferrari, Lancia, Maserati, Isotta Fraschini and Cisitalia, with Rolls-Royce and Benz among the foreign ones. The early years are there too: a Benz Victoria of 1893, a Bernardi of 1896, a Fiat of 1899 and a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost of 1914, alongside the Itala and the Isotta Fraschini.

The renovation reorganised several rooms and put works of contemporary art along the route. Turin wants to be carbon-neutral by 2030, and a section called The Future Unfolds, on sustainable mobility, has been redesigned. Two cars were off display during the works: the Lancia D50 is back, and the Fiat 519 S is still being restored.

The current temporary exhibition, Serie Limitata. Mobile Landscapes in Photography, opened on 28 October 2026 and runs until 4 April 2027.

Carlo Biscaretti di Ruffia’s museum, opened in 1960 and enlarged in 2011

MAUTO opened on 3 November 1960, in a building by Amedeo Albertini, from an idea of Biscaretti di Ruffia’s. It closed for a long restoration and reopened in 2011 with its exhibition space taken from 11,000 to 19,000 square metres, over three floors.

MAUTO by metro: line 1 to Lingotto and a walk past Eataly

MAUTO is at Corso Unità d’Italia 40, and the easy way there is metro line 1 to Lingotto, then about nine minutes on foot along Via Nizza, past Eataly, and into Via Garessio. Buses 17, 17/, 18, 34, 42 and 74 also stop nearby. Coming from the airport, take the train to Porta Susa and change to the metro there.

MAUTO opening hours, the café and the lockers

From Tuesday to Sunday MAUTO opens from 10:00 to 19:00, but on Mondays only from 10:00 to 14:00, and the last entry is always an hour before closing. The café keeps the same hours, and you can go to it, and to the bookshop, without a ticket. Opening times for Christmas and New Year aren’t out yet.

Photos and video for your own use are fine, and dogs can come in on a lead. There are coin lockers at the entrance, but nobody watches them, and the museum has no car park of its own. Everything is accessible except the Open Garage, a part of the museum you can only see on a guided visit or on its scheduled opening days.