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by Silvia Donati | Tue, 02/25/2014 - 01:45

Yet more color at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. After the Blue, Red and Yellow rooms, it’s now the turn of green, to celebrate the connection between the…

Culture

Museo dei Viaggiatori in Sicilia: Travelling in Sicily

by Carol King | Sun, 02/23/2014 - 02:30

Tourists visiting the small town of Palazzolo Acreide in southeast Sicily will find a museum dedicated to their predecessors, the delightful Museo dei…

Lifestyle

Savona is Home to the Largest Museum of Apple Memorabilia

by Silvia Donati | Tue, 02/18/2014 - 05:39

The museum with the largest collection of Apple memorabilia pieces is, oddly enough, in Savona, in the northern region of Liguria. The All About Apple Museum 3…

Culture

Group of Italian Entrepreneurs To Fund Galleria Borghese's Cultural and Preservation Projects

by Silvia Donati | Mon, 02/17/2014 - 04:26

Some big names in fashion and entrepreneurship have gotten together to form the non-profit association “Patrons of the Galleria Borghese,” to support and…

Culture

Musei Del Cibo: Parma’s Homage To Food

by Carol King | Sat, 02/08/2014 - 02:30

Prosciutto di Parma ham, Parmigiano-Reggiano and Fossa cheeses, tomatoes, balsamic vinegar from Modena, Sangiovese and Lambrusco wines, cured meats such as…

Culture

Precious Renaissance Tapestries Returned to Palazzo Vecchio in Florence

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 02/07/2014 - 01:15

After 27 years of work, last January, the Opificio delle Pietre Dure returned to Palazzo Vecchio in Florence ten precious tapestries belonging to the biblical…

Culture

Museum of the Living Sea Opens in Palermo

by Anonymous (not verified) | Fri, 02/07/2014 - 00:45

The Ecomuseo Mare Memoria Viva (The Living Museum of the Sea) is slated to open tomorrow in Palermo. The museum will be promoting a series of coastal…

Culture

Musei Di Strada Nuova: Genoa’s Street Of Palatial Museums

by Carol King | Sat, 01/25/2014 - 01:30

Genoa is famous for its home-grown seafarers like Christopher Columbus, however, the merchant class that funded ventures to the New World and grew wealthy…

Culture

Children’s Museum to Open in Milan

by Silvia Donati | Thu, 01/23/2014 - 01:15

The MUBA, Milan’s permanent Children’s Museum (Museo dei Bambini), is slated to open Friday at the Rotonda di via Besana, a late Baroque building complex…

Culture

Fantastic Monsters of the Ancient World on View in Rome

by Silvia Donati | Thu, 01/16/2014 - 03:30

The Roman National Museum at Palazzo Massimo is hosting an original exhibition called “Mostri, creature fantastiche della paura e del mito” (Monsters,…