For art lovers, even during the holidays there is the opportunity to visit temporary exhibitions and museums that are open at special times in Bologna and the rest of the region.
art gallery
Via BelleArti 56
Julius II and Raphael. A new season of Renaissance in Bologna
Saturday 24 December 10am-7pm
Closed on Sunday 25 December
Monday, December 26, 10am-7pm
Municipal Archaeological Museum
via dell’Archiginnasio 2
The painters of Pompeii
Saturday 24 December 10-14
Closed on Sunday 25 December
Monday, December 26, 10-20
Medieval City Museum
Via Manzoni 4
Saturday 24 December 10-14
Closed on Sunday 25 December
Monday, December 26, 10am-7pm
Municipal Art Collections
Piazza Maggiore 6
Saturday 24 December 10-14
Closed on Sunday 25 December
Monday 26 December 10am – 6.30pm
Davia Bargellini Museum
Strada Maggiore 44
truth and illusion. Wax figures from the Bolognese eighteenth century
Saturday 24 December 10-14
Closed on Sunday 25 December
Monday 26 December 10am-6.30pm
mambo
About Don Minzoni 14
The floating collection
I’m not where you’re looking for me. Porpora Marcasciano, the underground to queer movement at MIT
Saturday 24 December 10-14
Closed on Sunday 25 December
Monday, December 26, 10am-7pm
Morandi Museum
About Don Minzoni 14
George Morandi. Works from the Antonio and Matilde Catanese Collection
Saturday 24 December 10-14
Closed on Sunday 25 December
Monday, December 26, 10am-7pm
Museum of Memory of Ustica
Via di Saliceto 3/22
Saturday 24 December 10-14
Closed Sunday 25th and Monday 26th December
music museum
Strada Maggiore 34
Saturday 24 December 10-14
Closed on Sunday 25 December
Monday, December 26, 10am-7pm
Museum of Industrial Culture
Via della Beverara 123
To each his own day
Anthology of the Bologna Motorcycle, 1920-1970
Saturday 24 December 10-14
Closed on Sunday 25 December
Monday 26 December 10am-6.30pm
Museum of the Renaissance
Carducci Piazza 5
Saturday 24 December 10-14
Closed on Sunday 25 December
Monday 26 December, 10am-6pm
Underpass of Piazza Re Enzo
side streets. Roger Deakins’ photography
Saturday 24th, Sunday 25th and Monday 26th December, 10th-20th December
Palazzo Fava
Via Manzoni 2
factors. Humanity translated into painting
Saturday 24 December 10-14
Sunday 25 December 14-19
Monday, December 26, 10am-7pm
Santa Maria della Vita
Via keyboard 8
Bruno Pulga – Twenty-two
Saturday 24 December 10am-4pm
Sunday 25 and Monday 26 December, 10am-7pm
Palace Albergati
Via Zaragoza 28
Jago, Banksy, TvBoy and other conflicting stories
Saturday 24 December 10am-5pm
Sunday 25 16-20
Monday, December 26, 10-20
Pallavicini Palace
Via San Felice 24
Robert Ferri
De Chirico and beyond
Closed Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th December
Monday 26 December 11-20
mast
via Speranza 42
Picture capital – Estelle Blaschke and Armin Linke
Saturday 24 December 10am-7pm
National Archaeological Museum
Via XX Settembre 122, Ferrara
Etruscan spine. A major port in the Mediterranean
Saturday 24th December and Sunday 25th December 9.30am -5.00pm
Este Castle
Ferrara
From Schifanoia: Enchanting the world anew – Malgorzata Mirga-Tas
unfaithful memory. The seduction of images from de Chirico to Schifano
Carlo Guarienti – The reality of the dream
Monday 26 December, 10am-6pm
International Ceramics Museum
viale Baccarini 19, Faenza
Salvatore Arancio – We don’t find the pieces they find themselves
Galileo Chini. Ceramics between Liberty and Dèco
Saturday 24 December 10am-6pm
Closed on Sunday 25 December
Monday 26 December, 10am-6pm
Santa Margherita Palace
Corso Canal Grande 103, Modena
Eva & Franco Mattes. Most to least seen
David Vignali Prize
Saturday, December 24, 11am-7pm
Sunday 25 December 16-19
Monday, December 26, 11am-7pm
figure museum
Corso Canalgrande 103, Modena
Minecraft Museum Adventure – journey into the world of the character
Saturday, December 24, 11am-7pm
Sunday 25 December 16-19
Monday, December 26, 11am-7pm
Palace of Gardens
Corso Cavour 2, Modena
IOCOSE. Loops & Vectors
Saturday, December 24, 11am-7pm
Sunday 25 December 16-19
Monday, December 26, 11am-7pm
Governor’s Palace
Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi 19, Parma
visual labyrinths. Luigi Ghirri1991
Saturday 24 December 10-14
Closed Sunday 25th and Monday 26th December
Palazzo Pigorini
Strada Republica 29/A, Parma
Goya-Grosz. The sleep of reason
Saturday 24 December 10-14
Masone Maze by Franco Maria Ricci
Masone Road 121, Fontanellato (PR)
Roberto Capucci – Silky Armor
Saturday 24th, Sunday 25th and Monday 26th December 10.30am-7pm
Palace of Colorno
Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi 26, Colorno, Parma
Nino Best. The Art of Portraying Artists – Artist Portraits by a Master of Italian Photography
Saturday 24, Sunday 25 and Monday 26 December 10-13/15-18
Maramotti Collection
Via Fratelli Cervi 66, Reggio Emilia
Carlo Valsecchi-Bellum
Emma Talbot – Old Age
Jenna Gribbon – Mirages
Saturday 24 December 10.30am-6.30pm
Closed Sunday 25th and Monday 26th December
Palazzo Magnani
Corso Garibaldi 29, Reggio Emilia
The Restless Art. The Urgency of Creation. Spatial landscapes, maps, faces: 140 works from Paul Klee to Anselm Kiefer
Closed Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th December
Monday, December 26, 10am-7pm
Palazzo da Mosto
Via Mari 7, Reggio Emilia
Italy is waiting. 12 photo stories
Closed Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th December
Monday, December 26, 10am-7pm
Palace of Museums
Via Spallanzani 1, Reggio Emilia
On a different scale. Luigi Ghirri, Italy in miniature and new perspectives
Saturday 24 December 10-13
Sunday 25 December 3-6pm
Monday, December 26, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m
Museums of San Domenico
Piazza Guido da Montefeltro 12, Forli
Civilization – Live, Survive, Live Well
Saturday 24 and Monday 26 December 9.30am-7pm
Closed on Sunday 25 December
Villa Mussolini
Viale Milano 31, Riccione
Frida Kahlo. A life in pictures
Saturday 24, Sunday 25 and Monday 26 December, 10am-7pm
MAR – Art Museum of the City of Ravenna
Via di Roma, 13
Contemporary Mosaic Biennial – Prodigy Kid. Francesco Cavaliere and Leonardo Pivi
Saturday December 24 9-18
Closed on Sunday 25 December
Monday, December 26, 10am-7pm