MiBACT, decree on small museums kicks off. We give important help to more fragile realities

"The ministerial decree that provides for the allocation of the two-million-euro fund for the operation of small museums established by the 2020 budget law has been given the green light by the supervisory bodies," MiBACT Undersecretary Anna Laura Orrico announced in a note. "An important fund, strongly desired by the 5 Star Movement to support and protect all those small museums, located everywhere in the country, which operate as fundamental cultural garrisons on the territories, but are often forced to face great difficulties.“ He adds, ”The two million euros are intended for regional, provincial, civic or private museums, managed by public entities or nonprofit organizations, which have not received state contributions or funding in the last two years, and will be used to ensure the operation, routine maintenance and continuity in the use for visitors, as well as the removal of architectural barriers. A specific Observatory is also established at the Directorate General for Museums with the aim of analyzing the reality of small museums and presenting proposals to increase their attractiveness and integration in the cultural development of the territory, as well as to promote the network of small museums, favoring synergy with local authorities and the various entities operating in the territory.“ ”In fact, we want to enhance those museums that clearly and proactively express the cultural identity of a territory,“ he concludes, ”giving them the dignity they deserve and, above all, indicating a path and providing the tools to reach the standards defined by the Italian museum system. The goal is to increasingly reduce the gap between the center and the periphery, between urban and marginal areas, between those who operate in social contexts that facilitate the work of museums and those who instead operate in socially and economically fragile territories. This objective is all the more important in the extremely difficult phase we are living through, with the crisis due to the pandemic that is hitting the culture sector with force, producing even more dramatic effects precisely on the smallest and most fragile realities."

Pictured: the Collegio Romano, headquarters of MiBACT. Ph. Credit Finestre Sull’Arte

MiBACT, decree on small museums kicks off. We give important help to more fragile realities

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