Museums

The ship Alkedo, the flagship of the Museum of Ancient Ships in Pisa

It was most likely called Alkedo, meaning "alcyone," the name of a bird typical of sea areas. And it is probably the best known of the Roman ships discovered around Pisa. A large ship made of holm oak and pine wrecked in the first century A.D., a riv...
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Important purchase by the National Gallery of the Marches: the Santini Codex returns to the Ducal Palace

The Santini Codex joins the collection of the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche. This precious manuscript, dating from between 1480 and 1530, was originally part of the library of the Montefeltro family and later to that of the Della Rovere family, as ...
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Official Giacomo Casanova Museum to open in Venice, at Zaguri Palace

In 2025 Venice will celebrate one of its most illustrious sons with the opening of the Museo Ufficiale Giacomo Casanova at Palazzo Zaguri in the heart of the city. Sponsored by the Giacomo Casanova Foundation, now headed by President Mauro Rigoni, th...
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Mantua, Palazzo Te turns 500: here is the program of celebrations among exhibitions and restorations

Mantua is preparing to celebrate an extraordinary anniversary: the 500th anniversary of Te Palace, Giulio Romano 's masterpiece and symbol of the Gonzaga family's greatness. In 1525, Federico II Gonzaga commissioned the brilliant architect to build a...
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Mindfulness, art therapy, ArtUp: practicing them in museums reduces anxiety and stress

The results that emerged from research within the ASBA (Anxiety, Stress, Brain-friendly museum, Approach - The museum ally of the brain against anxiety and stress) project, the brainchild of Annalisa Banzi, a researcher at CESPEB (Centro Studi sulla ...
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The Museo Storico delle Aviotruppe in Pisa: a journey through the history of Italian military parachuting

Located inside the Gamerra Barracks, the Pisa Airborne Museum is a landmark for all military history enthusiasts and for anyone who wants to learn more about the strategic role and sacrifice of Italian paratroop units. It is a very special, rare muse...
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Prato, Maestro di Mezzana's triptych enters exhibition itinerary at Palazzo Pretorio Museum

The Museum of Palazzo Pretorio in Prato has been enriched in its exhibition itinerary by a 14th-century masterpiece, thanks to the purchase of the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Prato: it is the Madonna Enthroned with Child between Saints Ludovico ...
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The Museum of Human Anatomy in Pisa, a journey through the human body among mummies and embalmed heads

University museum collections generally derive their origins from an Enlightenment conception, which changed an encyclopedic approach to knowledge to a specialized one. Guided by this new instance, collections born as Wunderkammer, with the purpose o...
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Rome, Palazzo Venezia shows for first time fragment of Byzantine door of St. Paul Outside the Walls

From Feb. 13 to March 23, 2025, the fragment of the Byzantine door of the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, depicting a Pentecost scene, will be on public display for the first time in the Altoviti Hall of Palazzo Venezia in Rome. Miraculously ...
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On-sight construction site for major restorations at Capodimonte Museum and Real Bosco kicks off

Beginning Friday, Feb. 14, visitors to the Capodimonte Museum and Real Bosco will have the opportunity to witness in real time the restoration work on works in rooms 102 and 104 on the second floor. Twenty panels from the ancient Bourbon Collection a...
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Gypsotheca Antonio Canova Museum: an eventful 2025 among art, photography and theater

After the recent reopening of the19th-century wing, the Antonio Canova Gypsotheca Museum in Possagno is preparing for a 2025 full of cultural events, with a calendar of exhibitions, photography workshops, theater performances and educational activiti...
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2025 at the Mart in Rovereto, amid new projects, events and exhibitions with an international scope

At the end of the year, the Mart in Rovereto inaugurated its new permanent exhibition. On the second floor, the exhibition space is now twice the size of the previous layout: more than 400 works, divided into 14 thematic-chronological sections, tell ...
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Bosco di Capodimonte, more sports and wellness: fitness trails doubled

In Naples, the Real Bosco di Capodimonte continues to grow as a space dedicated to sports and wellness. Thanks to the Capodimonte Garden of Inclusion and Creativity project in the European Youth Year, the outdoor fitness trail expands from 2,574 mete...
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New exhibition spaces at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples by the end of the year

Structural upgrades continue at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples, with work underway on the basement level to expand the visitor path. Thanks to funds from the 2014/2020 Development and Cohesion Fund, work is underway to make these rooms...
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In Pompeii, increased tourist flows do not depend on new excavations or reopening of domus: a new study

An interdisciplinary study conducted by theUniversity of Salerno, in collaboration with the Pompeii Archaeological Park, analyzed the possible correlation between new excavation campaigns andincreased tourist flows. The results, published in the late...
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The lantern of the Royal Palace of Caserta returns to shine after restoration

The Royal Palace of Caserta is rediscovering one of its most iconic elements: the "lantern," the domed octagonal construction at the center of the Royal Palace, has in fact been restored. Although not accessible to the public, this structure represen...
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