The Museo Civico is housed in the former Augustinian monastery next to the Scrovegni Chapel, and the combination ticket covers both. The collection runs from ancient Roman finds to Renaissance and Baroque paintings, with particular strength in Venetian painting from the 14th to 18th centuries. The Egyptian and archaeological section in the basement, drawing on material excavated from the Euganean Hills and the Roman city beneath modern Padova, is quietly impressive.
The picture gallery on the upper floors holds works by Giotto (a crucifix), Bellini, Titian, Tiepolo, and Veronese — not the blockbuster holdings of the great Venetian galleries, but substantial. The museum is less crowded than it deserves to be; visitors focused entirely on the Scrovegni Chapel tend to skip it. Worth an extra hour if you have the combined ticket.