Italian Culture Week offers free admission to state museums April 18-26

The Italian Ministry of Culture announced that its annual Culture Week will be held April 18 to 26.

That means free admission to Italian state museums, special events and tours of artistic and historic sites usually closed to visitors. Among the offerings:

In the Liguria region, Genoa’s state-of-the-art Galata Museum of the Sea will mount “From Genoa to Ellis Island,” an exhibition about Italian emigration to the United States.

In Rome, visitors will get a rare chance to see the Palazzo Mattei di Giove, one of the capital’s grandest late 16^th century noble palaces, designed by Carlo Maderno, now the home of the Center for American Studies.

Out on the Lido in Venice, guides will escort visitors through the picturesque village of Malamocco, settled around 1159.

A full list of special events and openings during Culture Week is available (in Italian only) at beniculturali.it.

— Susan Spano / Times staff writer

Image: Italian Ministry of Culture

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