Reggio Calabria, tourists force their way into the National Museum without paying: chased out

by Redazione , published on 15/08/2020
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Four tourists forced their way into the National Archaeological Museum in Reggio Calabria without paying: they were identified and kicked out.

They wanted to force their way into the National Archaeological Museum of Reggio Calabria, but without paying the ticket and without undergoing sanitary measures to counteract the Covid-19 infection: thus, four tourists forced their way into the museum by addressing the reception staff in threatening tones, after which they began to visit the institution, pausing in particular in the hall of the Riace bronzes.

The staff was therefore forced to call the police, who intervened and identified the four ... museum troublemakers, who were then expelled from the museum. The incident happened last August 12, and the next day the museum was forced to open an hour and a half late (at 10:30 a.m.) to allow for extraordinary sanitation of the facility following the incident.

“I am bewildered and regretful about what happened,” said the museum’s director, Carmelo Malacrino, “both for the inconvenience that the episode will cause to those who have made reservations for tomorrow, and for the gesture and the words addressed to the museum staff, who have always made great efforts to welcome visitors, all the more so at a delicate time like this, when we are all under health risk. Since the reopening, the staff has done a commendable job of allowing safe access to visitors and ensuring the same care within the Museum’s halls. To them, as well as to the ticket office staff, goes my personal thanks for the professionalism shown even during these days, when attendance and demands are always boosted by the August vacations.”

Reggio Calabria, tourists force their way into the National Museum without paying: chased out
Reggio Calabria, tourists force their way into the National Museum without paying: chased out


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