Livorno has a weather alert and the museum closes. But forgets to communicate it

Inconvenience this morning for visitors to Livorno ’s “Giovanni Fattori” Civic Museum who found the gates of Villa Mimbelli, home of the important institute that houses one of the most extraordinary collections of Macchiaioli and post-Macchiaioli art in Italy, closed, despite the fact that they were expecting the regular opening (on Saturdays, the Labronian museum opens from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and then again from 4 to 7 p.m.). In fact, the museum was closed due to a weather alert: the Civil Protection of the Region of Tuscany, in fact, yesterday, November 26, issued an alert for strong south-westerly winds and sea storms along the coasts of central Tuscany, including the territory of Livorno and Gorgona. The critical conditions were classified as code yellow until midnight Friday, Nov. 26, and thereafter, due to the intensification of the phenomena, code orange alert status until noon today, Saturday, Nov. 27.

The problem, however, is that no communication can be found anywhere. The Municipality of Livorno’s website and its Facebook page do not mention any museum closures (moreover, schools are regularly open, despite the orange alert, while parks and cemeteries have been ordered closed instead). The same goes for the hours information page on the Fattori Museum website, and for its social channels (Facebook page and Instagram page).

To find out that the museum is closed, it is necessary to call the phone number: we did so, too, and an operator explained that in fact the institution does not open this morning because of the alert. Why then was this not communicated? Simple: an oversight, they admit from the museum. The alert should only last until 12 noon, will the museum even open this afternoon? It is not known: the suggestion is to try to call back later in the day....

Pictured: the gates of the museum this morning, closed

Livorno has a weather alert and the museum closes. But forgets to communicate it

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