After nearly 11 years, Scavi Scaligeri reopens in Verona for exhibitions and tours

The Scavi Scaligeri are once again accessible for exhibitions and visits: the exhibition space and archaeological site reopen to the public after almost eleven years and after an articulated intervention of recovery, safety and enhancement promoted by the City of Verona. In fact, the intervention of the City of Verona on the entrance and exit routes, designed according to criteria of maximum accessibility, with the functional and plant engineering adaptation of the site and the enhancement of the archaeological finds has been concluded. The interventions at the exhibition site and the Scavi Scaligeri, a state-owned archaeological area, are part of a unified project for the recovery, securing and enhancement of one of the city’s most important monumental complexes, which for a long time has remained partially unused and inaccessible due to structural, plant engineering and accessibility criticalities.

The plan of interventions has been divided into two distinct but closely interconnected phases. Taken as a whole, the project returns to the city a safer and more accessible exhibition space and archaeological area, fully integrated into the urban museum system and equipped with conditions suitable for both heritage conservation and a quality visitor experience.

The first phase, which began in November 2023 and was completed in fall 2025, involved the reorganization of access and exit routes and the functional and plant upgrading of the complex. The routes of the Scavi were made independent from the Palazzo del Capitanio through the creation of a new entrance from the courtyard of the Palazzo della Ragione and the construction of a new emergency exit on Piazza Dante. Obsolete systems were also replaced, new museum lighting installed, energy autonomy ensured, and microclimatic conditions necessary for proper preservation of the exhibits improved.

Particular attention has been paid to the issue of accessibility, with the inclusion of an elevator and walkways that make it possible to overcome most of the height differences, while respecting the archaeological reading. Critical issues related to humidity and infiltration in the exhibition areas have also been solved, and spaces for public reception, ticketing and educational activities have been reorganized. The total cost of the first phase of the intervention was approximately 2.17 million euros.

The second phase, which started between September and December 2025, focuses on the restoration and conservative maintenance of the archaeological artifacts, as well as the reorganization of the visitor route. The interventions, marked by the principle of minimum intervention, include cleaning operations, consolidation, masonry recomposition, maintenance of mosaics and decorated surfaces, as well as the restoration of areas damaged by previous infiltration, including those from the courtyard of the Palazzo del Capitanio and Dante Street. The works along the publicly accessible route are aimed at reopening the site as an exhibition space by February 2026, while the works in the areas that cannot be visited will be completed by May 2026. The economic framework for the second phase includes a total investment of about 450,000 euros.

“It is a great satisfaction to see realized this new articulation of the access and exit routes of the exhibition spaces of the Municipality and the archaeological site of the Scavi Scaligeri, marked by greater accessibility and inclusiveness; the complex functional and plant upgrading, as well as the resolution of the infiltrations that were affecting the hypogeal spaces, together with the restoration of the deteriorated reinforced concrete and the maintenance of the archaeological area, which will continue with mini construction sites even after the imminent opening of the site to exhibitions and visits,” said Deputy Mayor and Councillor for Monumental Building, Barbara Bissoli. “A significant commitment of municipal resources for renewed public usability: costs of about 2,620.000 euros, two years of intense and technically very complex work by specialized companies and experienced professionals, led by the Superintendence and the Monumental Building Department of the City of Verona, who have put all their expertise and passion to reopen to the City and to visitors from all over the world an exhibition site of international importance and an extraordinary archaeological area discovered by Peter Hudson, the important English archaeologist, Veronese by adoption, pioneer of urban stratigraphic archaeology in Italy.”

After nearly 11 years, Scavi Scaligeri reopens in Verona for exhibitions and tours

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