Museums
by Silvia Donati | Wed, 03/06/2019 - 10:20
The successful ‘Sundays at the Museum’ initiative, which provided free admission to state museums on the first Sunday of the month, has been replaced by ‘…
by Silvia Donati | Tue, 02/19/2019 - 04:17
The Vasari Corridor, the elevated enclosed passageway built in 1585 to connect Palazzo Vecchio to the Pitti Palace in Florence, will reopen to the public in…
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 02/14/2019 - 00:00
[Photo credit Classis Ravenna.]
The recently-opened Classis museum in Ravenna may very well be your first stop when you visit this Emilia-Romagna city most…
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 01/31/2019 - 00:00
The National Archeological Museum of Naples, MANN, has unveiled its program for 2019-2020, and it’s rich with outstanding exhibitions, the awaited re-opening…
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 01/17/2019 - 03:00
Uffizi Gallery director Eike Schmidt is urging Germany to return an 18th-century painting stolen by the Nazis in the Second World War to Italy.
The oil…
by John Bensalhia | Thu, 01/10/2019 - 04:25
Skiing Is Believing
I tried skiing once. My own clumsy lack of co-ordination meant that my lone skiing holiday resulted in me being outclassed by a group of…
by Silvia Donati | Wed, 10/17/2018 - 04:35
Those seemingly endless lines outside the Uffizi Galleries in Florence? They soon may be gone. Uffizi director Eike Schmidt announced a new entry management…
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 09/13/2018 - 03:00
Lavazza, one of Italy’s largest and best-known coffee manufacturers, celebrates its history and Italy's coffee culture at a new museum inaugurated this summer…
by Silvia Donati | Tue, 08/07/2018 - 10:41
Free entry on the first Sunday of each month to 486 state museums, archeological sites, monuments and gardens may end after summer.
Italy’s newly appointed…
by Silvia Donati | Tue, 07/24/2018 - 03:00
If you’re in Rome this summer, consider visiting the Vatican Museums on a Friday night. The special opening not only allows visitors to access the outstanding…
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