Halloween. at the museum. The many initiatives around Italy

How to spend this Halloween 2021? There are many museums along Italy that offer tours or special events to bring the little ones closer to the museum by making them experience a day of fun, culture and... thrill.

We have selected some events here.

The Gallery of Modern Art of the Museums of Nervi (Genoa) offers Piccoli brividi al museo (Little thrills at the museum): the Educational Area of the Solidarity and Work Cooperative has designed a special museum-themed kit for families (cost 3 euros), who will be able to take an “alternative tour” of the collections accompanied by a mini-guide with interesting stories and fun games to experience together with their kids. A booklet intended to introduce children to the world of art in an engaging and active way, stimulating their spirit of observation. You can purchase the game-visit kit to experience as a family and independently directly at the ticket office. Participants are invited to come in Halloween-themed costumes to make the adventure even more joyful.

The Castello d’Albertis in Genoa is also offering Un Castello da creepy: a kit to experience the castle with a Halloween theme, independently and safely, accompanied by a mini-guide full of stories and games, to discover the secrets and collections of the museum and Captain D’Albertis. Cost of the kit 3 euros, which can be purchased directly at the ticket office. On Sunday, October 31, an activity conducted directly by the Cooperative’s Educational Services will take place, aimed at children between the ages of 5 and 10, with the organization of a tour in stages, with games, riddles and tests to overcome, to discover all the mysteries that are hidden in the museum. The castle will be populated with wizards and witches, bats and vampire girls! At the conclusion, a sweet treat. Cost 6 euros per child including admission and activities.

Fondazione Brescia Musei is organizing Halloween in the Museum, to experience the scariest holiday of the year among the secrets of Brescia Castle and the millennia-old artifacts of the Santa Giulia Museum. At the Santa Giulia Museum at 3 p.m. tour the museum’s most mysterious rooms for children ages 6 to 11, discovering monsters imprisoned among ancient stones! Admission includes making a personalized container to collect candy on Halloween night. From 6:15 p.m. special edition of the new escape room set up in Santa Maria in Solario, transformed for the occasion into a real receptacle of mysteries! Who will be the first to solve the riddle? Obviously all masked!

The Benevento Egyptian Museum is offering Halloween at the Museum. Rites, mummies and magic: at 4 p.m. the museum will become more adventurous. Among giant spiders, mummies and skeletons, the little archaeologists will have to reach the tomb of the most beautiful queen, where they will discover the embalming ritual that allowed the body to be preserved to ensure eternal life, and they will learn about the formulas of the Book of the Dead. Finally they will try their hand at painting some of the famous pictures in the book, which will be given to them with a well-deserved prize.

At 2:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. expect Halloween night at the Monastery of Torba (Varese). So many stories and curiosities, even mysterious ones, are kept in this place: the young visitors will discover the story of Lombard warriors and their faithful steeds, of the industrious Benedictine nuns, of Abbess Aliberga and her portrait. Also, of the Benedictine nuns’ burial ground in the towers. A special afternoon to look forward to Halloween night together with the protagonists of the Torba Monastery and their stories. Activities for children ages 6 to 10. Also at 5 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m., the Monastery of Torba presents a special evening tour open to everyone between history and legend to discover the Monastery in an unusual and evocative way: scientific research, archaeology, science, history, but also popular beliefs, oral tradition and folklore will be interwoven in the story.

Villa Della Porta Bozzolo (Varese) at 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. a special guided tour is offered that will lead participants along a path that, thanks to the lights being turned off and the aid of flashlights, will allow them to discover unpublished corners and details of the mansion. The visit will be enriched by the telling of curious events, stories and vicissitudes of the most famous protagonists who inhabited the residence of the Bozzolo family.

The Royal Museums of Turin are also offering special Halloween initiatives: at 5 and 6 p.m., CoopCulture guides will take the public on an atmospheric lights-out tour of theRoyal Armory, looking for details to be revealed and stories to be told. The visit will be held in groups of a maximum of 15 people each. Cost: single admission 7 euros in addition to the reduced Royal Museums ticket (13 euros ordinary, 2 euros from 18 to 25 years, free under 18).

The Museum of Antiquities celebrates Halloween: the true prodigious story, in collaboration with the Terra Taurina Association and CoopCulture. From 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., children will be involved in the festive atmosphere with games and stories and will be instructed in the ritual of lighting the new sacred fire. They will also be able to leave an offering, a fruit, a twig, or a drawing to be given to their loved ones. Family activity included in the Royal Museums ticket. At 5:30 p.m. Guided tour with CoopCulture archaeologist at the Museum of Antiquities, Turin Section, to learn about the Taurine Celts, from Bric San Vito to Augusta Taurinorum. Cost: 7 euros plus reduced admission to the Royal Museums (13 euros ordinary, 2 euros from 18 to 25 years, free under 18). All children participating in the activities and guided tours will be offered an assortment of chocolates and breadsticks (while supplies last) by the Royal Café.
Special evening opening of the Museum of Antiquities, Turin Section, and the Roman Theater from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. (last admission 10:30 p.m.), with special admission at €5. To learn more about the traditions and culture of the Celts, the re-enactment organized with the Terra Taurina Association will be held from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. between the Museum of Antiquities and the Royal Gardens. The initiative is included in the special ticket.

The Civic Museum of Modena, on the other hand, transforms into A Museum to Fear by offering an exciting treasure hunt among the chilling objects housed in its halls. From 4 to 7 p.m., with free admission and no reservation required, children and teens can enter the museum accompanied by an adult, wearing their disguises to meet the devils, dragons, hooded characters, skulls and skeletons hiding among the museum collections. Each participant will receive a card at the entrance with challenges to face and clues that can help them search for the spooky objects among the collections. The treasure hunt can be done alone, in groups, helped by an adult and by asking the Museum staff for help. At the end of the trail, all brave participants in the treasure hunt will receive a prize. The initiative is recommended for ages 6 to 12.

In the Palaces of Alexandria, from 5 p.m., departing from the Art Rooms at 13 Macchiavelli Street will be held Ghosts and Mysteries of the Palaces of Alexandria. An itinerant and accompanied tour of the city’s main palaces to discover the secrets kept over years of history: Art Rooms on Via Macchiavelli, Palazzo Ghilini and Palazzo Cuttica di Cassine on Via Parma. For the first time, a previously unseen Alexandria will be discovered, where even the palaces have much mystery to tell... Strolling through a short route of the historic center, visitors will be engrossed by the scenery of the historic palaces and historical collections, such as The Rooms of King Arthur, the atrium and courtyard of the striking Palazzo Ghilini, the grand staircase and Tapestry Room of Palazzo Cuttica, but also by stories of ghosts, once Alexandrian ladies and other characters, impersonated by figures dressed in period clothing. Amid rustling silks, laces and damasks, Marquis Tommaso Ottaviano Antonio, the architect Benedetto Alfieri, the beautiful Maria Cristina Ghilini, the melancholy Ginevra and many other fascinating characters will involve visitors, astonishing and enchanting them through the magic of their stories and the beauty of their costumes.

Halloween. at the museum. The many initiatives around Italy

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