Each year, Italy's Ministry of Heritage and Cultural Activities works with nearly EVERY STATE-RUN MUSEUM in Italy to open its doors to the public and for one week, one wonderful, enlightening, inspiring, delightful treasure of a week, the entrance fees are complimentary. That's a much lengthier synonym for one of my favorite smaller words, FREE.
It's official name: Settimana Della Cultura
Translation: Week of Culture
VASGO's Translation: Italy's Free Museum Week
Want to go to the Colosseum and see what the gladiators had to fight in? Yep, that's free.
What about the museum that perfectly combines industrial space with classic art, the Centrale Montemartini? I bet you that's free too!
This is the 14th year of the nine-day event created to promote and enhance Italian culture and heritage country-wide. It is said that not just museums are offering free admission. Villas, monuments, archaeological sites, archives and state libraries will also be welcoming visitors with open arms. Hugs, however, are said to be more expensive than usual.
Get it? Open arms... hugs...
Awful.
The website for Italy's Ministry of Heritage and Cultural Activities even states that the experience will be even more special due to the many exhibitions, conferences, special openings, workshops, tours and concerts that will be available.
If you are going to spend your hard-earned money to come to Italy, you may as well save a buck or two on all the admission fees. Come during the Settimana Della Cultura. Just be ready for the longer entrance queues!
For more information go to the ministry's website, available only in Italian, here: http://www.beniculturali.it
Specific information (again, only in Italian) about Rome's and its nearby cities in the Lazio state's offerings can be found here: At this .pdf
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