Museums - Finestre sull'Arte

Uffizi, new light for Sala della Niobe, where the great Roman horse returns

After nearly two decades in storage, the great Roman horse from the 1st-2nd century AD is back to occupy the center of the Sala della Niobe at the Uffizi in Florence. The ancient sculpture, part of the famous Niobe group, has been restored and reloca...
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How we tell the story of rock art: the case of Camonica Valley museums

The Regional Directorate of National Museums of Lombardy manages several sites that are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site: among the thirteen sites that the directorate manages, in addition to Valle Camonica, was the Last Supper (later passed un...
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A masterpiece for Christmas at the Lia Museum in La Spezia: Cambiaso's Adoration of the Shepherds arrives from Bologna

From the Pinacoteca in Bologna, Luca Cambiaso'sAdoration of the Shepherds arrives on display in Liguria, at the Museo Civico 'Amedeo Lia' in La Spezia. Visitors to the Ligurian museum will be able to admire it from December 14, 2024 to March 23, 2025...
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Masterpieces of the Flemish world at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

Brussels is said to be a capital city to which its own state goes, wanting to emphasize the city's imposing scale in size and population in the context of a relatively small country. The same cliché might also marry for its Royal Museum of Fin...
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GNAM adds a C and becomes G/N/A/M/C to unite historical memory and contemporaneity

A C for Contemporary is added to GNAM in Rome: the museum has chosen to undertake a rebranding project to renew its image and strengthen its connection with the public, and so it has become G/N/A/M/C. The decision stemmed from the observation that th...
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What was the really dark part of Giuli's speech.

No: the least clear part of the speech that Minister Alexander Giuli gave in the House last Oct. 8 to outline his policies was not the "somewhat more theoretical" introduction, it wasn't that preamble about "defensive apocalypticism" and the "global ...
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Massimo Bernardi is the new director of MUSE - Trento's Museum of Science

Appointed the new director of MUSE - Science Museum of Trento: he is Massimo Bernardi. The appointment was formalized today with a measure of the Provincial Council signed by President Maurizio Fugatti, at the conclusion of a selection procedure laun...
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Named tickets and limit of 20 thousand visitors per day: new measures at Pompeii Archaeological Park

From Nov. 15, 2024, Pompeii Archaeological Park will introduce personalized tickets with the visitor's name and a daily limit of 20,000 admissions, along with time slots during the summer period (April 1 to Oct. 31) to better manage tourist influx. D...
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