Archive for the 'Museums' Category

Archaeological Museum of Montelupo and University of Siena: excavation Bibbiani (Late Bronze) from July 12 to August 6

Sunday, June 20th, 2010

From Pine Fenu receive and publish the following announcement: The Archaeological Museum of Montelupo in collaboration with the University of Siena organizes the excavation site Bibbiani (Late Bronze) from July 12 to August 6. Anyone wishing to participate can participate in a round (July 12-July 24) or ...

Points of Caravaggio in Naples

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

In the fourth centenary of the death of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610), the Hermes Tourism and Cultural Heritage Association has organized a series of guided tours in Naples, in the places where the artist lives on through his works .

National Archaeological Museum, the Museum reopened "The Etruscans Border" Pontecagnano (SA)

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Good news: the National Archaeological Museum "The Etruscans Border" Pontecagnano has been reopened!

Morgantina 2009-2011. The return of the goddesses. The acroliti

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

A program of events and appointments in the long run starring the territory of ancient Morgantina. The occasion is one of those not to be missed. Will be exposed to Aidone (Enna) in Sicily two acroliti returned thanks to an agreement between the Ministry, the Region of Sicily, and American Museums after being stolen and sold ...

The Ara Pacis color

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

Preview, Sunday, Nov. 22 at 22, the Ara Pacis find her colors. Thanks to a sophisticated new virtual technology applied for the first time in the history of archeology of a Roman monument, relive the rich, vivid colors of the ancient marbles of the Ara Pacis. Though the time ...

Opening of the Paleontological Museum of Magliano Vetere, Salerno

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

It 'was inaugurated today the Geo-Palaeontology Museum of Magliano Vetere (SA). The museum houses the material found in paleontological sites of Cilento, and is designed to enhance the assets of the Geo-Paleontological National Park of Cilento and Vallo di Diano. The Museum was founded with the objective to make available to the public ...

Closed on National Archaeological Museum of Pontecagnano (Sa)

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

Just two years after its inauguration, the Museum closes Pontecagnano (Salerno). The reason? "Technical reasons". On the website of Superintendence for the Archaeological Heritage of the Province of Salerno and Avellino says, in fact, that "The National Archaeological Museum" The Etruscan border "Pontecagnano is temporarily closed for technical reasons ...

The Louvre frescoes five returns to Egypt

Saturday, October 10th, 2009

The French minister of culture Frédéric Mitterrand announced the return of five paintings from the tomb of a dignitary of the eighteenth Egyptian dynasty (1550 - 1290 BC), located in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor (Egypt).

The Farnese collection: remodeling and expansion of the exhibition

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

The project to enhance the collections of the National Archaeological Museum of Naples, already begun with the opening of the collection of Pompeian painting and refurbishing of the sculptures from the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum, was presented to the public and rearranged the Farnese Collection enlarged in its exhibition.

ICOM conference on New technologies in the service of virtual museums and cultural tourism

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

Sunday 17 and Monday, May 18, the Virtual Museum of Archaeology of Herculaneum are held two days of the International Museum with the participation of ICOM Italy, Touring Club of Italy and the Association Ars Nea Education and Culture. In the two days dedicated to museums are scheduled screenings and discussions: Sunday, May 17 ...