Museums - Finestre sull'Arte

Lucca Arts Center, work begins on new international cultural hub

The construction site for the Lucca Center for the Arts, a project intended to create a new museum and exhibition center within the city's urban walls, gets underway in Lucca. With the start of work in Piazzale Verdi, an initiative promoted by the Fo...
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Galerie nationale du design, the first museum on design in France, is born in Saint-Étienne

On June 10, 2026, France will officially open the Galerie nationale du design in Saint-Étienne, France's first museum dedicated to design, thus a completely new institution in the country's cultural landscape that opens its spaces in the heart...
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La Spezia makes its museums free for all residents of the province

For the first time in its history, La Spezia is opening the doors of its civic museums free of charge to all residents of the entire province. The decision was approved by the council led by Mayor Pierluigi Peracchini and represents one of the most s...
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Possagno, Scarpa Wing of Canova Gypsotheca Museum reopens after restoration

Last Friday, May 29, the Gypsotheca Antonio Canova Museum in Possagno reopened theScarpa Wing to the public, at the end of a complex restoration project that began in June 2025. This concludes an important construction site that involved one of the m...
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Genoa, Royal Palace reopens all rooms with new lighting

A new light to rediscover one of the symbolic places of Genoa's history and art. On the occasion of Republic Day on June 2, 2026, the Royal Palace will fully reopen to the public all the rooms of the Second Main Floor after the completion of the majo...
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What do Italians want from museums? The Censis Report reveals.

Italian museums are undergoing a phase of profound mutation, marked by a crucial transition that sees cultural venues evolve from mere containers of exhibits to "experiential devices." This is how they are defined in the 59th Censis Report, titled Gl...
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The "activist museum," from temple to social engine. The thoughts of Michele Lanzinger

The traditional image of the museum as a "temple of culture," distant and almost unchanging, is giving way to a profoundly different reality. Michele Lanzinger, founder of Trento's MUSE and its director from 2013 to 2024, as well as president of ICOM...
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Piacenza, Ricci Oddi Gallery reborn: collector's dream returns to shine

The dream came true in 1931: it was in fact October 11 of that year when the Ricci Oddi Gallery in Piacenza was inaugurated to the public in the presence of the princes of Savoy, Umberto II and Maria José. Curiously, however, the official open...
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