Free Sundays, Undersecretary Gianluca Vacca: new formulas to increase free days in autumn

The controversy over theabolition of free Sundays, announced by Cultural Heritage Minister Alberto Bonisoli, has not subsided. He specified that the choice of whether or not to keep them will be left to individual directors and then added that the free days will be increased. Undersecretary Gianluca Vacca also intervened on the issue, who, in a post on his Facebook page, confirmed what the minister had anticipated: “the Ministry is working on new forums aimed at increasing the number of free days on which to visit museums and cultural sites throughout Italy. The aim is to return the beauty of our artistic and archaeological heritage to all citizens. An intervention that will be studied on the basis of the interests of the territory and seasonality so as to ensure the best possible enjoyment.”

The day before yesterday, in an official note published on the website of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Alberto Bonisoli said he had listened to museum directors, noting the need to go beyond free Sundays: “for this reason,” he stressed, “we are moving towards the decision to go beyond free Sundays, which will in fact be abolished.” However, to a user’s question asking Gianluca Vacca for clarification about the abolition of free Sundays, the undersecretary replied, “at the moment nothing has been abolished. In the fall there will be news because the new plan to increase free access in museums will be presented.” However, the line, beyond the lexical choices in apparent contradiction, seems to confirm what the minister announced: abolition of free Sundays as we have known them so far (i.e., as a national initiative that guaranteed free opening in all state museums on the first Sunday of the month), and adoption of new strategies, which, however, remain unknown at the moment.

Free Sundays, Undersecretary Gianluca Vacca: new formulas to increase free days in autumn

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