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The Maxxi: Italy’s first National Museum of Architecture

by Nicola Ferlei-Brown | Sat, 04/27/2013 - 07:34

Rome’s architectural box of magic tricks welcomed Zaha Hadid's Maxxi Museum to its collection in 2010 as it slowly continues to paint the picture of…

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Sir John Soane’s Museum In London Mounts Piranesi Show

by Carol King | Thu, 04/04/2013 - 06:24

A rare collection of drawings of Ancient Greek temples in Paestum by 18th-century Italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi is on show at the Sir John Soane’s…

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Top Five Museums in Italy

by Carol King | Wed, 01/16/2013 - 05:12

Carol King selects her Top 5 must-see museums in Italy.Galleria degli Uffizi, FlorenceThe Uffizi Gallery is one of the oldest museums in the world. Housed in a…

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Barolo Castle Wine Museum Acquires Vintage Wine-Label Collection

by Carol King | Fri, 11/23/2012 - 05:38

The Museo del Vino (Wine Museum) in Barolo Castle, Piedmont has been donated what is thought to be the world’s largest and most valuable collection of wine…

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Vatican Museums Open Friday Evenings Through October

by Gabi Logan | Thu, 09/13/2012 - 08:35

Through the 26th of October 2012, Rome's Vatican Museums will offer special limited-entrance evening hours on Fridays for both tourists and residents.…

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Neapolitan Government Tries to Seize CAM Art Collection

by Gabi Logan | Mon, 08/27/2012 - 04:53

Three months into the Casoria Contemporary Art Museum's CAM Art War, the Neapolitan government has created a "cease fire" by sending a letter to the museum…

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Mona Lisa... Pickpockets' Best Accomplice at the Louvre

by Gabi Logan | Tue, 08/14/2012 - 00:25

This summer, pickpocketing inside the Louvre Museum in Paris has reached epidemic proportions, with visitors to the "La Gioconda" (The Mona Lisa) as the most…

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The Museo Filangieri Reopens in Napoli After Decades of Renovations

by Gabi Logan | Tue, 06/26/2012 - 04:44

After closing in the nineties for renovations, Naples' Filangieri Museum, founded in 1888 to hold the personal collection of Gaetano Filangieri, has finally…

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Arena di Verona Opens Ground-breaking Opera Museum Saturday

by Gabi Logan | Thu, 06/21/2012 - 04:23

Following the opening of the 90th season of its Lyric Festival, the Arena di Verona Foundation will inaugurate the Arena Opera Museum (Amò), the first museum…

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"Marvels from the Marche" Brings the Region's Top Art to the Vatican

by Gabi Logan | Wed, 05/30/2012 - 06:37

What does a museum do when it closes for renovations? If it's the Pinacoteca Comunale of Ancona in Le Marche, it takes the show on the road--along with the…