The villa, donated to the city by the Croce family in 1951, is surrounded by public park with sea views, overhanging the Fiera di Genova exhibition center.

[2][3][4] Opened in 1985, the Museum exhibits a permanent collection of Italian and international contemporary art, gathered by Maria Cernuschi Ghiringhelli, wife of the Italian painter and art collector Gino Ghiringhelli.

[6] In the vanguard and always interested in the work of young, emerging artists, the Villa Croce Museum annually hosts a series of contemporary art exhibitions, accompanied by incursions into the world of music, cinema, theatre and literature.

These initiatives are also accompanied by exhibitions dedicated to individuals, movements or situations that have deeply changed the history of artistic research.

They also cover design to video, installations to photography, to showcase the international art scene and to support promising young and emerging Italian artists.