Museums

Villa delle Rose in Gaeta reopens with more than 150 species of rare palms

With the arrival of spring, Villa delle Rose, a garden located in Gaeta within the Monte Orlando Regional Park between the ancient and modern city, reopens to the public. The site presents itself as a green area characterized by a collection of palm ...
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Restoration of the Fountain of Lions at Trento's Buonconsiglio Castle gets underway

A restoration project involving the Fountain of Lions has been launched at the Buonconsiglio Castle in Trento, with work scheduled between April and July 2026. The operation is part of a historical-artistic heritage enhancement initiative supported b...
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Rome, Palazzo Venezia opens construction site to public: tours of monumental rooms under restoration

In May and June 2026 the Monumental Rooms of Palazzo Venezia in Rome will be accessible to the public as part of the project Cantiere aperto. The Monumental Rooms of Palazzo Venezia, an initiative that will allow visitors to take a closer look at one...
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Piacenza's Ricci Oddi Gallery is reborn: museum gets renovated again

A new phase opens in the history of Piacenza's Ricci Oddi Gallery of Modern Art. In fact, the Emilian museum will present itself starting tomorrow, Tuesday, April 28, with the result of a complex project of redevelopment and refurbishment of its exhi...
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Bicentenary of the discovery of the Winged Victory of Brescia: a full calendar of events to celebrate the anniversary

Brescia is preparing to celebrate the bicentenary of the discovery of the Winged Victory, a masterpiece of the Roman age for its compositional quality, material and state of preservation. It is one of the very rare Roman bronzes from excavations that...
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Denis Ton officially takes over as director of Parma's Complesso della Pilotta: "It will be a square of culture"

On Monday, April 20, 2026, the official handover at the helm of Parma's Complesso Monumentale della Pilotta took place: Denis Ton took over as director, succeeding Stefano L'Occaso, who served as acting director from January 2024. Appointed by the Mi...
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University of Pisa seeks volunteers to look at artwork

Art, it is known, arouses emotions, and now there are those who want to study this potential, turn it into data useful for scientific research. This is the goal of the ethological survey initiated by the Department of Biology at the University of Pis...
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At the Reggia di Venaria the 25th ARRE Assembly of European Royal Residences.

On April 20 and 21, 2026, the Reggia di Venaria will host the 25th General Assembly of the Association of European Royal Residences (ARRE), a network that brings together the institutions responsible for some of the continent's leading castle complex...
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Italian museums: the app that makes cultural heritage accessible to all

"Cultural heritage at your fingertips." This is the message of the Musei Italiani app, an innovative project that aims to significantly transformaccess to museums and cultural venues by offering users an intuitive, secure and comprehensive digital se...
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ADI Design Museum: the Gio Ponti Space is born. Convention signed with the Lombardy Region

The city of Milan is preparing to consolidate its role as the international center of gravity for design through a major new expansion of theADI Design Museum. On the morning of April 15, 2026, an agreement was officially signed between the Lombardy ...
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Horne Museum, restored portrait of Herbert Percy Horne, founder of the Florentine house-museum

The Horne Museum in Florence today presents to the public the restoration of the portrait of Herbert Percy Horne, founder of the house-museum on Via de' Benci. The work, created in 1908 by English painter Henry Harris Brown, was restored by Daniele R...
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Design enters the GNAMC in Rome: a new display of artworks and contemporary design objects

A new collaborative project between the museum institution and companies in the design sector is presented at the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rome, articulated on several levels and intended to affect both the layout of the roo...
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Personeper.it, the new portal for accessibility in cultural places

It is called personeper.it: it is the new Italian website entirely focused on accessibility issues and experiences within cultural venues. This digital space was conceived with the fundamental purpose of informing, contributing to education and solic...
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Antwerp, gallery owners sue minister Gennez over future of M HKA museum

A group of contemporary art galleries active in Antwerp 's Zuid district has announced its intention to initiatelegal action against Flemish Minister of Culture Caroline Gennez in connection with the management of the future of the contemporary art m...
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Archaeological Museum of Reggio Calabria, here is the Strategic Plan 2026-2028

The National Archaeological Museum of Reggio Calabria has presented its Strategic Plan 2026-2028, a programmatic document that defines the institution's vision, priorities and operational lines for the next three years. The goal is to strengthen the ...
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Melissa Chiu named director of Guggenheim Museum in New York

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation has announced the appointment of Melissa Chiu as the new director of the Guggenheim Museum in New York. The official induction is scheduled for September 1, 2026. The announcement was made by Mariët Westerman...
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