Museums

Palazzetto Marcello, a new space for contemporary art and cultural heritage, opens in Venice

Marcello’s Palazzetto, a new exhibition space located on Calle del Dose, just a short walk from Campo Santa Maria Formosa, has opened in the heart of Venice. The building, which has undergone restoration, is now open to the public with the goa...
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L'Aquila: Palazzo Farinosi Branconi Reopens as a New Museum of the BPER Cultural Hubs Network

L’Aquila is reclaiming one of its most beautiful buildings: starting Thursday, September 3, 2026, Palazzo Farinosi Branconi will reopen its doors to the city as the new home of the La Galleria BPER Cultural Center, following a comprehensive pro...
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Livorno Introduces the Museum Card: One Year of Unlimited Admission

The City of Livorno is introducing the Museum Pass, an annual pass that providesunlimited access to the City Museum and the “Giovanni Fattori” Civic Museum during their respective hours of operation. The pass, which is personalized and va...
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The Alto Garda Museum is developing an accessibility and multisensory program

The Museo Alto Garda in Riva del Garda (Trento) is working on a project to create an accessible, multisensory museum that aims to redefine the way its visitors engage with the collections. Director Matteo Rapanà aims to create a museum where ...
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Florence: New Visiting Regulations for the Accademia and the Bargello: Hours, Rules, and Unified Tickets

Florence: New guidelines for visiting the museums of the institution that brings together the Galleria dell'Accademia di Firenze and the Musei del Bargello ( GAMB). Management has decided to act swiftly to update the rules governing access to and tim...
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Florence: L'Antico Vinaio Will Manage the Bistro at Palazzo Strozzi

L’Antico Vinaio will manage the bistro at Palazzo Strozzi: the Palazzo Strozzi Foundation announced this late this afternoon. Starting in late September, therefore, the bistro in the courtyard of Palazzo Strozzi in Florence will enter a new ph...
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The New Correr Museum in Venice: New Spaces, Services, and Exhibits for an Increasingly International Museum

The Correr Museum in Venice is preparing for a new phase in its history, strengthening its role as the “City Museum” while also expanding its international reach. A comprehensive renovation project will progressively transform the museum’...
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Museum Thefts: Europol Sounds the Alarm—More Violence and New Criminal Networks

Museum thefts in Europe are changing in nature: long considered a form of crime against cultural heritage characterized primarily by discretion, planning, and the absence of physical violence, they now seem to increasingly rely on force, targeted att...
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Louvre: Venetian art historian Ketty Gottardo named new director of the Department of Graphic Arts

Venetian art historian Ketty Gottardo has been appointed director of the Department of Graphic Arts at the Louvre Museum. The appointment, announced by Louvre President and Director Christophe Leribault and issued by decree of the French Minister of ...
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The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam receives a rare book of 17th-century drawings as a gift

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is expanding its Print Room Collection with an exceptional and rare work: the Van Eeghen Drawing Book, a book of drawings from the early 17th century that has remained in the same family for more than three hundred years....
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In Genoa, air-conditioned museums and libraries are free for people over 65 to help beat the heat

To combat the intense heat of recent days, the City of Genoa is making the air-conditioned spaces of museums and public libraries available to residents over the age of 65, offering them free access to the city’s cultural venues through the end of A...
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Valerie Hillings will be the first director of the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi

The Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism has announced the appointment of American art historian Valerie Hillings as the first director of the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, the museum dedicated to modern and contemporary art that will be built in the ...
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The Casamonti Collection Opens Its New Location at Palazzo San Giorgio in Florence

Just a short walk from the Ponte Vecchio, on the Lungarno Serristori in Florence, the new exhibition spaceof the Collezione CasamontiAssociation for Art and Culture—housed within Palazzo San Giorgio—will open to the public on Monday, September 28, 20...
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The first floor of the National Archaeological Museum of Altamura reopens after three years of renovations

After three years of closure, the exhibition space on the first floor of the National Archaeological Museum of Altamura (Bari) reopens to the public, completely renovated thanks to an initial phase of restoration, modernization, and redesign funded i...
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Uffizi, 50 Million Investment: The Complex Will Be Transformed

In Florence, a total investment of approximately 50 million euros is set to profoundly transform the Uffizi Galleries over the next two years. This is the program of improvements outlined this morning by Director Simone Verde alongside museum officia...
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Paestum Completes Its New Museum: The “Paestum Outside the Walls” Tour Is Launched

The National Archaeological Museum of Paestum has completed the most extensive renovation project in recent decades and is now open to the public with a completely revamped layout. With the inauguration of the “Paestum Outside the Walls” exhibition, ...
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