The museums reopen, from the Egyptian to the Civic ones of Venice

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, because "nothing will be the same again, not even museums, which will have to reinvent themselves to become a central element of the culture of the territories to which they belong", explains director Christian Greco, welcoming the first visitors this morning with the president of the Egyptian Antiquities Museum Foundation , Evelina Christillin. The new Egyptian exhibition project, 'In the scholar's laboratory', is a cycle of exhibitions set up on the first floor, to put a series of finds from the collection under the magnifying glass and offer visitors an unprecedented insight, bringing them closer to research. Every two months the exhibition will be dedicated to a different find, which will be investigated from an archaeological and historical point of view: the first object of the exhibition is the statue of Hel: from the Ramesside era (19th dynasty,About 1279-1213 BC). "The era of great blockbuster exhibitions is over - says Greco - Foreigners will continue to come, but what we have to do is bring citizens, young and old, to museums. To share with them the great culture and research that museums like us do. they have never stopped doing, since their birth. This is the reason for this cycle of 5 small exhibitions, which cost us only 10,000 euros and wants to make us familiar with research ".This is the reason for this cycle of 5 small exhibitions, which cost us only 10,000 euros and wants to make us familiar with research ".This is the reason for this cycle of 5 small exhibitions, which cost us only 10,000 euros and wants to make us familiar with research ". 

With the passage in the yellow zone of the Veneto,

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Palazzo Ducale and the Correr Museum, in Piazza San Marco, will be open every day of the week, while from Friday 30 April the other museums will also reopen, from Friday to Sunday.

The Civic Museums Foundation recommends that visitors book and purchase tickets online through the website www.visitmuve.it.

"It is a day of celebration - began the president of the City Council of Venice, Ermelinda Damiano, present this morning at the opening of the Ducale - because we give back to our citizens and to the world the symbolic places of the beauty and culture of Venice. Venice and Italy starts again. A big thank you goes to the Civic Museums Foundation and to all the staff for the sacrifices of these long months ".

The garden of Villa Bardini in Florence will reopen to visitors starting tomorrow

, after two and a half months of closure due to pandemic restrictions. Until the end of May the entrance time is from 10 to 18; on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, reservations are required online at www.firenzemusei.it or by phone 055/294883 at the Firenze Musei call center at least one day in advance. Free admission suspended on the first Sunday of the month. It is still possible to visit the famous wisteria pergola, explains a note, which reached its maximum flowering last week. The pergola on which the wisteria spreads is 70 meters long and 4.5 wide, a real colored tunnel that represents a modern reinterpretation of the ancient circles of the Boboli Gardens made with holm oaks. "The complex of Villa Bardini is a place of magical beauty - say Luigi Salvadori,president of the Cr Firenze Foundation, and Jacopo Speranza, president of the Bardini and Peyron Monumental Parks Foundation and vice-president of the Cr Firenze Foundation - which, by its vocation, is today a precious meeting and culture venue. Spring is one of the most spectacular seasons as it is possible to admire the huge variety of blooms present in the garden. This is why we are pleased to be able to announce the reopening to the public, and we hope that, in addition to tourists, the Florentines will be able to admire this extraordinary jewel ".Spring is one of the most spectacular seasons as it is possible to admire the huge variety of blooms present in the garden. This is why we are pleased to be able to announce the reopening to the public, and we hope that, in addition to tourists, the Florentines will be able to admire this extraordinary jewel ".Spring is one of the most spectacular seasons as it is possible to admire the huge variety of blooms present in the garden. This is why we are pleased to be able to announce the reopening to the public, and we hope that, in addition to tourists, the Florentines will be able to admire this extraordinary jewel ".