#MuseumWeek

Free admission to the provincial museums from today to next Sunday

[ Archivio fotografico Castello del Buonconsiglio Monumenti e collezioni provinciali - tutti i diritti riservati - G. Zotta]

For 6 consecutive days, from 5 to 10 March, all state museums and sites will be open to all, with free admission. This is one of the great innovations introduced by the new Mibac campaign (Italian Ministry of Heritage and Cultural Activities): #iovadoalmuseo (#I’llgotothemuseum).

With #iovadoalmuseo, the number of days with free admission has increased from 12 to 20 per year.

Another great novelty is the reduced price ticket of only € 2 for young people aged 18 to 25 all year round, during the museums’ opening times. Moreover, to improve the offer and make a better use of the Mibac cultural sites, 8 free days are independently managed by the directors of individual sites or museums.

The Provincial Museums joining the initiative are the following:

- S.A.S.S. Spazio Archeologico Sotterraneo del Sas - Tridentum (Tridentum S.A.S.S. - Underground Archaeological Site SASS), run by the Department for Cultural Heritage, where the event for families and children Dice, nuts and knucklebones - Games and pastimes of the children of ancient Rome will take place on Saturday 9 March at 15.00. Then, the exhibition Amazzonia: Le Custodi della Biodiversità (Amazonia: The Guardians of Biodiversity), curated by Beatrice De Blasi, will be opened at 17.30.

- Castello del Buonconsiglio (Buonconsiglio Castle): the #MuseumWeek is also an opportunity to visit the newly-opened exhibition Floating colours: the marbled paper between the East and the West, organised by theCultural Heritage Directorate and by the museum itself. In the weekend 9-10 March, from 14.30 to 16.30, visitors can attend the various stages of paper processing, will be guided to discover this technique and can experience it firsthand, creating colored papers to take home (booking required by phone: 0461 492811, € 3 per person).

- The other venues of the Castello del Buonconsiglio - Castel Thun, Castel Beseno and Castel Stenico (Thun CastleCastel Beseno CastleStenico Castle) - closed during the week, will be open free of charge on Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 March (winter opening times: 9.30 - 17.00).

Muse (Science Museum) with the exhibition Genoma umano. Quello che ci rende unici (Human genome. What makes us unique); the MUSE, a widespread network of museums and local offices at provincial level, also offers free admission to the Museo dell'Aeronautica Gianni Caproni (Gianni Caproni Aeronautical Museum) and to the Museo Geologico delle Dolomiti (Predazzo geology museum) in Predazzo. Guided tours and activities on schedule are paid events, except for visits to the Planetario (Astronomical observatory The Stars Terrace, Viote del Monte Bondone) on Sunday 10 March, since it’s the international day of Astronomical observatories.

­- Museo diocesano tridentino (Tridentine diocesan museum) with the exhibition Terra Mala. Viaggio nella Terra dei Fuochi (Journey to the land of Fires: photographs by Stefano Schirato that recount the complex reality of the area of the Campania region comprised between the provinces of Caserta and Naples, known as “Terra dei Fuochi” [Land of Fires].

- the Mart - Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Rovereto offers an all-round glimpse on contemporary art, both through the re-arranging of its collections and with the recent exhibition Passione - 12 progetti per l'arte italiana (Passion - 12 Italian Art Projects)

-  Museo degli usi e costumi della gente trentina (Museum of the habits and customs of the people of Trentino).


05/03/2019