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The Christmas cultural offerings in the municipal museums will be renewed this year from December 23rd, 2023 to January 7th, 2024
Lots of opportunities to get involved Guided tours, educational activities and permanent and temporary exhibitions in the city museums of the capital Rome during the Christmas holidays, thanks to the initiative of the Ministry of Culture – Capitoline Superintendence of Cultural Heritage with the organization Zètema Progetto Cultura.
The exhibition “Garbatella. The heart of a quarter in 100 beats of light“; The guided itinerary is scheduled for January 3rdThe walls of Rome from Porta Metronia to Porta Latina“; At the Casal de' Pazzi Museum on December 26th and January 3rd there will be “Ambo, Terno, Quaterna…rio!“, the raffle and the prehistoric Christmas tree. In the Villa of Maxentius it is possible to take part in the guided tour on December 28th.Life in a Villa: Stories of Emperors“.
On January 4th there will be an educational visit to the Napoleonic Museum.Art and history between verse and prose“, with readings from Manzoni to Leopardi, from Stendhal to Hugo and Proust, while on December 27th and January 3rd there will be a guided tour of the Museum of the Roman Republic and the memory of Garibaldi.”In defense of Rome. Places and events of the Roman Republic of 1849” and December 29th “Italy called! Treasure hunt to discover the unification of Italy“, a workshop visit for children and adults to discover the states and flags of Italy before unification.
In the Pietro Canonica Museum is the exhibition “El Dorado“ and the workshop on January 5th for children aged 8 to 11 “The comic statues“ and the tour on January 7th “Art and psychology. The artist captures the soul of his subject and transfers it into marble“. The Carlo Bilotti Museum hosts the exhibition “Barbara Doser | Hofstetter Kurt tense_intense“.
Appointments in the Capitoline Museums and Trajan's Markets
The current exhibitions in the Capitoline Museums are “The Submerged. Rome October 16, 1943”, “Urbs Rome”, “The Rome of the Republic. The History of Archeology”, “The Colors of Antiquity. Santarelli Marbles in the Capitoline Museums”, “Caesar's Legacy and the Conquest of Time”, “The Rediscovered Fragment”. The Hand of the Colossus of Constantine from the Capitoline Museums and the Bronze Finger from the Louvre”; The workshop for children aged 6 to 10 will take place on December 26th.Once upon a time there was a she-wolf and two twins“ and on January 2nd the educational activity “From hands made of clay to offerings to the gods“, with the creation of terracotta objects at the end of the visit.
The exhibition “Imago Augusti. Two New Portraits of Augustus from Rome and Isernia”, dedicated to the portraits of the emperor recently discovered in the two cities; Tours are scheduled for December 27thLet's discover Trajan's Markets together” and December 29th “Augustus under the tree“. The exhibitions “Quotidiana” and “Vis-à-vis. Tenerani Spina. Dialogue in Pictures”, for which the educational activity on January 5th is designed for adults and children aged 8 to 11 years Try your hand at the art of portraiture.
Activities and guided tours during the holidays
In the Modern Art Gallery you can visit the exhibitions “The Dance Student of Venanzo Crocetti”. The Return” and “Prampolini Laboratory #2. Notebooks, drawings and unpublished projects from futurism to art clubs”, “Stenlex. Rebirth” and “Poetry is looking at you”. Tribute to the Gruppo 70 (1963-2023), whose visit on January 5th will be the starting point for the educational activity for adults and children aged 6 to 10.Collage, what a passion!“.
The “Lou Dematteis. A trip back. Photographs in Italy 1972-1980”, “Illustrations for non-existent books. Artists with batons” and “Philippe Halsman. A brilliant idea.” In the museums of Villa Torlonia “Ferrari Sheppard. Crucible” and “In the name of Cambellotti. Virgilio Retrosi, artist and artisan”; Guided tours are also planned.The Moorish greenhouse” and December 29th “The landscape in transparency. Art and botany in the Casina delle Civette“while on January 2nd the workshop for adults and children aged 3 to 5 years took place”The Little Prince's Herbarium“.