Rai5 devotes an entire day to museums with a 24-hour marathon

An entire day on TV dedicated to museums: scheduled for May 18 is Rai 5’s Italian Museums marathon, which with a 24-hour program will take viewers on a journey through the history of our country that will stop at 40 different museums to tell the story of our culture from the earliest Etruscan artifacts to the most recent works of contemporary art.

Led by Neri Marcorè, from the studio of Art Night, through Rai Cultura documentaries the public will visit the brand-new Maxxi L’Aquila, which will open in 2021, and also the oldest of Italian museums, the Capitoline Museums in Rome, passing through the Uffizi Galleries in Florence, but also the Archaeological Park of Baia, which preserves its works at about 10 meters below sea level, and others.

Each of these places preserves and protects a part of our history, through works of art, archaeological finds and many other materials, which testify to the lives and creativity of those who have gone before us. There are the great private collections that have become public collections such as the Galleria Borghese in Rome, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice or the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in Turin. There are the great palaces that have been backdrops to the events of history, such as the Capodimonte Museum and Real Bosco in Naples, or the Ducal Palace in Urbino. Then there are contemporary museums, often designed by great architects, such as the Mart in Rovereto, with the idea of creating a place of encounter and comparison. Because the museum is not just a place for the preservation of memory, but a complex organization that works to make its heritage accessible to the public, an inclusive space that offers opportunities for understanding the world, through critical dialogue about the past and reflection on the future. And so space for the behind-the-scenes story of a museum, of the people who work there, but also of the repositories that hold countless works that cannot always be visited.

Below is the full schedule for the day.

6:00 a.m.
Art Night. Raphael, Myth and Modernity.
An original Rai Cultura production, by Emanuela Avallone and Silvia De Felice, directed by Linda Tugnoli.
Villa Farnesina - Rome, Vatican Museums.

7:10 a.m.
Art Night. The Rooms of Raphael.
Production Land Communications by Luca Criscenti
Vatican Museums

8:15 a.m.
Italy. Journey into beauty. The fortunes of the Etruscans.
An original Rai Cultura production, written by Massimiliano Griner, directed by Matteo Bandelli, Marzia Marzolla, scientific advice by Luca Peyronel
National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia - Rome

9:20 a.m.
Art Night. The palace of crossed destinies
A GA&A Production, in collaboration with Rai Cultura, directed by Francesco Masi.
National Gallery of the Marches - Ducal Palace of Urbino

10:30 a.m.
Museum Italy. Florence, city of museums
A Rai Cultura production, with art historian Antonio Paolucci
Museo del Bargello - Florence, Galleria dell’Accademia - Florence

11:30 a.m.
Italy. Journey into Beauty. The Invisibles of Pompeii
An original Rai Cultura production, written by Brigida Gullo, directed by Eugenio Farioli Vecchioli
Archaeological Park of Pompeii

12:30 pm.
Art Night. The Art of Passion. Great Italian Collectors
An original Rai Cultura production, by Emanuela Avallone and Linda Tugnoli.
Peggy Guggenheim Collection - Venice, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo - Turin, Palazzo Butera alla Kalsa - Palermo

1:40 pm.
Art Night. Maxxi L’Aquila
An original Rai Cultura production, written by Silvia De Felice and Giuseppe Sansonna, directed by Giuseppe Sansonna.
MAXXI - L’Aquila

4:00 pm.
Italy. Journey into Beauty. Borghese Gallery. The casket of art.
An original Rai Cultura production, by Massimiliano Griner, with the collaboration of Amalda Ciani Cuk, directed by Stefano Lorenzi
Borghese Gallery - Rome

5 p.m.
Once upon a time there was a house. The wonders of Capodimonte.
A Rai production, by Djamila Borra, Valeria Coiante and Chiara Tiezzi, directed by Djamila Borra.
Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte - Naples

6:10 pm
Third Page
Terza Pagina offers a special episode dedicated to museums. Beginning with a debate on the definition of museums, the guests, led by Licia Trosi will question the role museums should play in the future. Because the museum is not just a place for the preservation of memory, but a complex organization that works to make its heritage accessible to the public, an inclusive space that offers opportunities for understanding the world through critical dialogue about the past and reflection on the future.

7:10 pm
Museum Italy. Uffizi
A Rai Cultura production, with art historian Antonio Paolucci
Uffizi Galleries - Florence

8:15 p.m.
Art Night. Correggio, from shadow to light
An original Rai Cultura production, by Emanuela Avallone and Linda Tugnoli.
Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Galleria Borghese - Rome, Complesso Monumentale della Pilotta - Parma

9:15 pm.
Art Night. Bay. The sunken city
written and directed by Marcello Adamo with text collaboration by Andrea Branchi, produced by GA&A Productions and Filmare Entertainment in collaboration with RAI CULTURA, is made thanks to the synergy with the Central Institute for Restoration, the Campi Flegrei Archaeological Park and the CNR.
Archaeological Park of Baia

10:20 pm.
Art Night. Life on Mart. The contemporary landscape
a documentary by Katia Bernardi, is an original EiE film production, made in collaboration with Rai Cultura and with the contribution of Trentino Film Commission.
MART Rovereto

11:30 p.m.
Italy. Journey into Beauty. Sleeping beauty: discovering museum deposits.
An original Rai Cultura production, written by Massimiliano Griner, directed by Marzia Marzolla
Museo delle Civiltà di Roma, Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, Museo Archeologico di Adria and Pinacoteca di Brera

00:40
Museo Italia. The widespread museum
A Rai Cultura production, with art historian Antonio Paolucci
Collegiate Church of St. Andrew in Empoli and Cathedral Museum in Orvieto.

01:50 a.m.
Museo Italia. Capitoline Museums.
A Rai Cultura production, with art historian Antonio Paolucci
Capitoline Museums - Rome

02:50 a.m.
Art Night. The Diplomacy of Art.
An original Rai Cultura production, by Alessandro Perozzi, with consultation by Anna Villari
Farnesina Collection - Rome

03:50 a.m.
Art Night. Parmigianino, the prodigy and the defeat
an original Rai Cultura production, by Maria Agostinelli and Silvia De Felice, directed by Marco Odetto
Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Galleria Borghese - Rome, Complesso Monumentale della Pilotta - Parma

04:40 a.m.
Flowers on Canvas
An original Rai Cultura production, by Emanuela Avallone and Silvia De Felice, directed by Monica Madrisan.
Uffizi Galleries - Florence

Rai5 devotes an entire day to museums with a 24-hour marathon

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