Four directors for four museums and archaeological parks: MiC's call for proposals online

An international call for proposals for the selection of directors of four museums and archaeological parks is online on the Ministry of Culture website. “Thanks to this new call for applications,” said Minister Franceschini, “four new Italian cultural institutions will have a director selected among top national and international experts. As in the past, it will be a commission composed of experts of clear reputation and high scientific level that will evaluate the applications. This is a further step forward in the path of reform of the Italian museum system. The data of recent years are very positive: the intersection of autonomy and quality of directors has proven to be a virtuous pair for the Italian cultural offer recognized in the international arena.”

Those interested in participating in the selection can apply until noon on September 10, 2021 by following the instructions at https://cultura.gov.it/museitaliani. Applications will be reviewed by an evaluation committee, composed of five members of distinguished experts appointed by the minister. After reviewing the applications received, the committee will admit up to ten candidates to an interview, scheduled for December 2021, from which it will select a trio of names to be submitted to the Director General of Museums for final selection.

The director’s appointment is for four years and may be renewed once, by reasoned decision based on a positive evaluation of the results obtained, for an additional four years. The compensation provided for the position will correspond to a gross annual salary of 83,142.69 euros, plus any performance bonus of up to 15,000 euros.

The following are the four cultural institutions.

The Museum of Digital Art, which will be based in Milan, will be dedicated to the production and presentation of digital content, playing a strategic role in the contemporary cultural scenario, which is increasingly digitized, connected and globalized, in which the very notion of work and audience is inevitably evolving.

The Archaeological Park of Cerveteri and Tarquinia includes the necropolis of Banditaccia, the largest in the Mediterranean area, inscribed in 2004 by UNESCO on the World Heritage List, the National Archaeological Museum of Tarquinia, which is housed in theancient Palazzo Vitelleschi and preserves, among other things, the famous high relief of winged horses from the Ara della Regina excavations, and the Monterozzi necropolis, sites that collectively recorded more than 153.000 visitors in 2019.

The Pinacoteca Nazionale di Siena, located in the stately Palazzo Buonsignori e Brigidi, houses the most important collection of fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Sienese gold-backed panel paintings, with masterpieces by Duccio di Buoninsegna, Simone Martini, and Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti. In 2019, the museum had nearly 10,000 visitors.

The Sepino Archaeological Park will include the archaeological area of the same name, with the remains of the ancient Roman city that arose in the Tammaro Valley, and the museum of the city and its territory, sites that collectively saw more than 27,000 visitors in 2019.

Pictured is the Cerveteri and Tarquinia Archaeological Park.

Four directors for four museums and archaeological parks: MiC's call for proposals online

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