Easter Weekend 2024, which museums to visit in Italy

During the long Easter weekend, the city of Turin offers a rich program of events including museums that deserve to be seen.

Given the great public success of the exhibition The World of Tim Burton, the National Cinema Museum is organizing a series of extended and extraordinary openings over the Easter holidays. Last call! From Thursday 28 March 9am-9pm; Friday 29th, Saturday 30th, Sunday 31st March 9am-11pm with Easter Monday Monday 1st, Tuesday 2nd, Wednesday 3rd, Thursday 4th April 9am-9pm.

At the Reggia di Venaria open to the public throughout the Easter weekend, from 30 March to 1 April, you can visit the new exhibition “Capodimonte from Reggia to Museum” explore the wonderful gardens open with extended hours until 7.30 pm taking advantage of the cultural events organized under the cherry trees in bloom .

The Castello di Rivoli is also open for the Easter holidays except for the Cerruti Collection which is open only on Easter, Sunday 31 March.

What to do in Milan at Easter and Easter Monday if you are a lover of art and exploration you can note down these three addresses among museums and foundations as inspo to visit.

At the Triennale di Milano, one of the most important cultural institutions in the city, inside the Palazzo dell'Arte, during the Easter holidays with the single ticket of 25 euros it will be possible to visit the photographic exhibitions Juergen Teller i need to live and Ettore Sottsass. Design Metaphors, the Museum of Italian Design and the permanent exhibition of Casa Lana by Ettore Sottsass.

At the PAC, Pavilion of Contemporary Art, it is possible to visit Adrian Piper RACE TRAITOR, the exhibition dedicated to the conceptual, minimalist and performer artist of the New York art scene of the late Sixties whose work often raises uncomfortable questions about politics and racial identity and gender, and asks people to confront truths about themselves and the society in which they live. Unmissable.

Armani / Silos, in via Bergognone, also remains open during the Easter holidays with the retrospective dedicated to the long and fruitful collaboration between the photographer Aldo Fallai and King Giorgio.

Both Fondazione Prada and Osservatorio are open: the recently inaugurated exhibition Pino Pascali curated by Mark Godfrey is the retrospective dedicated to the Italian artist (1935-1968) who more than others "explored the relationship between sculpture and stage elements and the contrasting sculpture and everyday objects.". At the Observatory, under the domes of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, you can visit “Miranda July: New Society” curated by Mia Locks, the first exhibition dedicated to July's work produced during the thirty-year career of the artist, director and writer American.

The idea of ​​spending the Easter holidays in Genoa or in Liguria in general could prove to be an excellent idea considering the excellent influences of the presence of the sea. Rich schedules also from a cultural point of view open up various entertainment options.

At Palazzo Ducale, seat of the dogate of the ancient Republic and today among the main historical buildings and museums of the Ligurian capital, it is possible to visit the exhibition of Artemisia Gentileschi , the first woman to be admitted to an art academy, the first to be recognized as an artist and Italo Calvino, Cantafavole, an exhibition included in the celebrations for the centenary of his birth.

Planning a visit to one of the Palazzo dei Rolli offers magic and amazement. It is a circuit of historic residences built by Genoese aristocrats in the 16th and 17th centuries both as personal homes and to host illustrious people visiting the city, now part of the UNESCO Heritage of Genoa. Inside are incredible works of art, sculptures and frescoes.

And then there is the sea of ​​Genoa with a visit to the Lanterna museum, the city's great lighthouse, to discover the maritime past of the Maritime Republic, its history and its functioning and also the life of Christopher Columbus. It is associated with this Galata Museo del Mare, the largest maritime museum in the Mediterranean. Every day from 10am to 7pm.

It is a one-of-a-kind place because its creator, the publisher, bibliophile, designer and collector Franco Maria Ricci, was unique. No one like him has been able to discover and play with art with such passion and intelligence. The Masone labyrinth in Fontanellato, in the province of Parma, is a cultural park where you can happily get lost and find yourself. It opened on April 6th the new exhibition Musca depicta. There is a fly on the painting curated by Sylvia Ferino and Elisa Rizzardi, a large exhibition dedicated to the presence of the fly in art. The small insect, which has always exercised a particular attraction on intellectuals, writers and artists, becomes an eclectic protagonist of the Labyrinth's exhibition rooms, from Giotto's school to the contemporary. It can be visited from 10.30am to 7pm with last entry at 5.30pm on both Easter and Easter Monday, Monday 1 April.

Even the city of Bologna is no exception. After the positive outcome experienced on New Year's Eve between 2023 and the arrival of the new year, the Bologna Civic Museums Sector proposes the extraordinary opening of all its museums in a uniform time slot and a rich cultural offer.

At MaMbO, open from 10am to 7pm, and where it is possible to find answers in contemporary art, we highlight Lynda Benglis and Properzia de' Rossi: Sculptors of capricious and very skillful ingenuity , curated by Lorenzo Balbi.

The Morandi Museum also leaves its doors open to organize a visit to learn about and delve deeper into the poetics of the Bolognese artist, one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. Reservation recommended via e-mail by 1.00 pm on the previous Friday.

Donatello, Michelangelo, Verrocchio, Giambologna and more: Florence at Easter is pure magic and beauty. The list of historical and modern museums is endless but here we point out what to do in Florence during the Easter days not to be missed.

At the Bargello Museums which host the most important collection of Italian Renaissance sculpture in the world and which include the Medici Chapels, Orsanmichele, Palazzo Davanzati and Casa Martelli, of the Bargello Museums, it is possible to visit the collections on Easter and Easter Monday from 8.15am to 6.50pm.

A step to Palazzo Strozzi is also worth a trip to visit the exhibition dedicated to “Anselm Kiefer” .   direct contact with the great German master through a journey between historical works and new productions. Sunday and Monday 1 April open from 10.00am to 8.00pm.

Palazzo Pitti, Gallery of Modern Art remains open only at Easter and is closed on Monday 1 April. The Salvatore Ferragamo Museum, the Gucci Museum and the SMN Perfume-Pharmaceutical Workshop are open regularly from 9.30am to 8.00pm on both Sunday and Monday.

What to do in Rome during the Easter holidays shouldn't really be a serious problem. The Civic Museums of Roma Capitale, for example, are open from Thursday 28 March to Monday 1 April with " Easter in the Museums ", an initiative promoted by Roma Capitale, Department of Culture - Capitoline Superintendence of Cultural Heritage with the organization of Zètema Progetto Cultura . We highlight three appointments.

A visit to the current exhibitions at GAM on March 29th edited by Daniela Vasta to discover "Reality Optional. Miaz Brothers with the masters of the 20th century; “Poetry looks at you”. Homage to Gruppo 70 (1963-2023), one of the most interesting artistic associations in the context of the neo-avant-garde and research Italian visual verbs; The dance student of Venanzo Crocetti. The return. On Sunday 31st there is a visit to the Roman house in the basement of the Barracco Museum organized by the Capitoline Superintendence with Zètema Progetto Cultura to descend into the era of imperial Rome.

Easter Monday in Rome at Villa Borghese : on Monday 1 April at 11.30 you can visit "real animals and fantastic animals, real and made of stone", a journey inside the Villa in search of animal sculptures in peperino, marble or travertine placed as decoration of the portals, buildings, furnishings and fountains of the park. The route is completely outdoors and will take place even in case of bad weather. Meeting in Piazzale Scipione Borghese for a maximum of 25 people.

At the Capitoline Museums (Piazza del Campidoglio 1) Easter is an opportunity to admire, in the rooms of Villa Caffarilli, FIDIA , the first monographic exhibition dedicated to the greatest Greek sculptor of the classical age composed of an unexpected journey through multimedia installations, archaeological finds, Greek originals and Roman replicas, paintings, manuscripts, drawings, some exhibited for the first time.