As announced in the previous post on this subject, the very first Free Museum Week is here! Settimana dei Musei, as it has been dubbed by Italy’s culture minister Alberto Bonisoli later last year, will replace the very popular Free Museum Sundays. How does Settimana dei Musei work? State museums and archaeological sites across Italy […]
Return visitors to Rome may be aware of the fact that museums tend to close on Mondays in the city (The Vatican Museums, being in another sovereign country, are the most visible exception). Well, that is in the past: a fair number of museums has started to observe a different schedule for a few years […]
by C. P.
When you arrive in Rome, you’re often overwhelmed more than you’re tired: maybe there’s so much car traffic around you, maybe you don’t understand the language or you can’t recognize any landmarks from where you’re staying… To top it all up, your GPS may play up because the alleys around your accommodation are too narrow! […]
If the word “festival” conjures images of mud for days and wellies as well of loud music, people headbanging or disgusting porta potties, well think again! As an example of how things can work differently while remaining equally compelling, the month of September brings to Rome the first edition of a new event called Ō […]
by C. P.
Italy’s newly appointed minister of Culture Alberto Bonasoli has hinted at the imminent scrapping of the extremely popular free entrance to state-run museums on the first Sunday of each month. Mr. Bonasoli has said that the initiative is untenable in financial terms and that many smaller museums are struggling because of the “obligation to keep […]
by C. P.
Lovers of the arts visiting Rome might enjoy a new space recently opened on via Merulana 121, at a walking distance from the Colosseum and our managed apartment Casa Isabella al Colosseo. Palazzo Merulana is hosted inside the city of Rome’s former health offices, which were bombed during WWII and have been at the centre of […]
In the old times, most visitors used to enter Rome through the north gate at People’s Square (Piazza del Popolo). Many were pilgrims who would then step into some church, and from church to church – But you may have just been stepping out of yet another church, and like not usual sightseeing for a […]
The Colosseum Archaeological Park has launched a new type of ticket that not only will give you access to the Roman Forum, Colosseum and Palatine Hill, but will also allow you a visit to some of the Forum’s previously unavailable attractions. The new, aptly-named S.U.P.E.R. (which stands for “Seven Unique Ways to Experience Rome”) ticket […]
Probably in the most genuine district of Rome, Trastevere, a museum dedicated to Rome and to its folkloristic tradition was founded in 1977. The Museo di Roma in Trastevere permanent collection shows different aspect of popular life in Rome between 18th and 19th century: there is anything you can imagine, from original costumes, to popular […]
by Emanuele Buffa
Surrounded by a silent and peaceful garden, close to the Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem and the Castrense Amphitheatre, the Museum of Musical Instruments in Rome boasts one of the largest musical collection in Europe. The majority of the extraordinary pieces come from the Evan Gorga collection, a famous tenor as well as […]
by Emanuele Buffa
