August bank holiday at the museum: special opening of more than 220 state cultural venues


August bank holiday under the banner of art and culture. More than 220 state cultural sites will be extraordinarily open on Monday, August 15. The calendar of openings is constantly being updated.

More than 220 cultural venues will be extraordinarily open to the public on Monday, August 15, to spend an August bank holiday under the banner of art and culture. Most of the state museums, galleries, monuments, palaces, villas, castles, temples, parks, gardens, areas and archaeological sites will in fact be open for visits, offering citizens and tourists the opportunity to enjoy the beauty of our cultural heritage.

It will be possible to admire collections, paintings, works of art, monuments, ancient vestiges of the civilizations that flourished on the national territory. The continuously updated calendar of openings is available at https://cultura.gov.it/ferragostoalmuseo2022. The appointments are published in real time by the peripheral institutes of the Ministry of Culture. For possible and sudden changes, it is advisable to check the openings by contacting the contact information given in the individual detail sheets.



From the charm of the Certosa di Trisulti in Collepardo, which has just been returned to the public, to the Renaissance delights of the National Museum of Villa Pisani in Stra, from the majesty of the Colosseum and the Palatine to the ruins of Pompeii, from the renovated National Gallery ofUmbria to the National Gallery of the Marches with its six new rooms, from the architecture of Palazzo Farnese in Caprarola with enviable views of Tuscia to the sublime plasticity of the Bronze Statues of Riace, the 50th anniversary of whose discovery in the waters of the Ionian Sea, at the National Museum of Reggio Calabria.

Pictured: view of Palazzo Farnese in Caprarola.

August bank holiday at the museum: special opening of more than 220 state cultural venues
August bank holiday at the museum: special opening of more than 220 state cultural venues


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