Since 6 September 2021, the Municipality of Vicenza is officially the owner of Palazzo Thiene, an original example of Renaissance architecture, conceived by Giulio Romano and built between 1542 and 1558 by Andrea Palladio, also author of the executive design.

It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1994 and has been recognized as being of exceptional cultural interest since 2016.

Former headquarters of the Banca Popolare di Vicenza since 1872, the building was subsequently acquired by the Immobiliare Stampa company from which the Municipality bought it to return it to the citizens after almost five years of closure.

It is now part of the civic museum system together with the Olympic Theater, the Palladian Basilica, the Civic Museum of Palazzo Chiericati, the Church of Santa Corona, the Naturalistic Archaeological Museum and the Museum of the Risorgimento and the Resistance and managed by the direction of the Civic Museums and Conservatory Monuments of Vicenza, organized in the Cultural and Museum Activities service.

In fact, the Palladian palace with its important collections is the result of the vocation to support culture pursued by the former banking institution and represents an artistic expression strongly linked to the city and its history, coherent and similar to museums and civic monuments.

In addition to the precious palace, the interiors rich in decorations and frescoes make it a wonderfully preserved example of Renaissance art and representative of the highest artistic and architectural tradition of the Veneto.

The building was opened to the public for the first time by the Municipality of Vicenza on 25 September 2021 with a free open day. From 26 September to 26 December 2021, admission was possible on Saturdays and Sundays with guided tours by reservation by the group of licensed tourist guides of Vicenza and the Vicenza è Consortium.