The Ducati Museum is designed to narrate the history of the company along four different routes that guide the visitor from its origins to the present day. 

The factory plant was inaugurated in 1936 when the Ducati family chose Borgo Panigale as the location to transfer the production of the Manens capacitor which, until then, was produced initially in the basement of a building located in Via Collegio di Spagna in the centre of Bologna, and later in the villa owned by the Ducati family, in Via Guidotti. Since then this is Ducati’s main headquarters where the Ducati motorcycles are designed, assembled and shipped all over the world.

Since then this is Ducati’s main headquarters where the Ducati motorcycles are designed, assembled and shipped all over the world.You will be accompanied during the factory tour by one of our guides who will show you where and how our bikes are conceived; you will pass through the mechanical processing department (where the timing systems and crankshafts are prepared in continuous cycle), the engine assembly area (where the new V4 engine assembly line is located), and then on to the vehicle assembly lines up to the testing and shipping area.

The Emilia Romagna region was formed by the merging together of different yet complementary areas. Between the lapping waves of the Adriatic Sea and the peaks of the Apennines lies a wonderful variety of history, traditions and landscapes.

Entry is guaranteed to those with booking and ticket purchased online.

Open

• Mondays to Sundays 9:00am-6:00pm

Closed

• April 17th and 18th
• Wednesday

For further closures, check the availability by clicking on "Buy a ticket"

Last entry: 45 minutes before closing time.

Scroll down and read the requirements to come for visiting us.

Entry is guaranteed to those with booking and ticket purchased online.

Guided tours in English are available:

Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 9:15am and 3:45pm

For further closures, check the availability by clicking on "Buy a ticket"

For safety reasons, visitors are required to wear closed shoes while visiting the factory.

For groups of 11 up to 30 participants, it is possible to organize visits on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 11am and 1.45pm.
Email infotour@ducati.com to check availability 

Tours are available by booking online.

In addition:

• Surgical masks must be worn at all times. If the visitor does not have one, it will be provided by the Museum staff.
• For the entire period spent inside the company facilities, it is mandatory to wear the mask correctly.
• In case of high attendance, in order to avoid crowding, you may be asked by the security staff not to spend too much time in the galleries. Thank you for your understanding as our main priority is to ensure everyone's safety. 
• Please strictly observe the entrance time indicated on the ticket because access is not allowed before the indicated time; in the same way, late arrivals may preclude your access to the tour. Please note that the tickets are not refundable.
• There are dispensers with alcoholic hand sanitiser solutions at the entrances of all tour areas. Please sanitise your hands as often as possible.

Address: Ducati Motor Holding - Via Antonio Cavalieri Ducati, 3 - Bologna.  

• Car/motorbike

Plan your trip with the navigator/Google Maps etc. Our address is: Ducati Motor Holding - Via Antonio Cavalieri Ducati, 3 - Bologna. Free public parking is available in the vicinity of the company .  

• From Bologna Central Train Station

- taxi (about 20 minutes)

- bus (about 40 minutes). From Bologna Central Station in front of the main entrance take line number 36 direction Barca or 39 peripheral left. Get off at the first stop in Via Lame and from the same stop take line number 13 in the direction of Via Normandia - Borgo Panigale. Get off at the "Borgo Panigale - Ducati Museum" stop. Bus timetable.

- train (about 10 minutes) departing from the West platform with destination Porretta Terme or Vignola. Get off at Borgo Panigale station, on the right, 20 meters up the stairs that lead to the overpass. At the top of the ramps is the bus stop. Take line 13 towards Via Normandia- Borgo Panigale and get off at the stop, "Borgo Panigale - Museo Ducati".

Via Cavalieri Ducati is located 50 meters ahead on the left. Ducati Moto Holding is about 200 meters away, on the right side of the street.

• From Guglielmo Marconi Bologna BLQ airport

 Ducati is about 4 km away. Take a taxi from the parking lot located at the exit of the Arrivals terminal.

Bologna taxi service
Cotabo tel. + 39 051 372727
CO.SE.PU.RI tel. + 39 051 519090
SACA tel. + 39 6349444
Taxi cat tel. + 39 051 534141

Online Journey

If you want to deepen your knowledge of the Ducati history or the motorcycle assembly processes, book an Online Journey. A dedicated online guided tour, conducted live by our official guides. For information on costs and availability, please get in touch with infotour@ducati.com.