Free Sundays, after controversy Bonisoli clarifies: free admission will remain, in fact it will be increased

He is trying to extinguish controversy after Cultural Heritage Minister Alberto Bonisoli announced his intention to abolish free Sundays at Italian museums. “I was a bit surprised by some reactions from prominent politicians,” the minister said in a video posted on his Facebook page, “because in an interview I reiterated exactly what I said a few days ago to the joint committees of the House and Senate on the issue of free Sundays. What I said was that free Sundays should be passed: great thing, at the beginning, to promote going to museums, so great openness, so many people who went, but now there are opportunities to do more and better than what we have been doing until now, and so we have this opportunity to do something new. What does that mean? It means that maybe we will be able to differentiate by days of the week, by season, by type, by time slot and whatever else, and above all adapt what are the rules to the individual specifics, because Milan is not Pompeii.”

“Having said that,” the minister concludes, “it means that free admission, which is important (it is important to give people access free of charge to our monumental assets, our archaeological sites, and the main, famous and great museums), will remain, and indeed, ideally it will even be increased, precisely so that through a smart enhancement operation we can make what is our enormous heritage more usable to a large number of citizens, regardless of economic conditions. This is our commitment and will continue in the future.”

Pictured: Alberto Bonisoli. Ph. Credit Francesco Lo Forte

Free Sundays, after controversy Bonisoli clarifies: free admission will remain, in fact it will be increased

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