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Category Archives: Museums
This Is Rome: Tonight and Tomorrow
Returning for its 5th edition, This Is Rome is back in the capital today and tomorrow, the 17th and 18th of October. This event, born in the club scene, highlights the most interesting components of culture that characterize the capital … Continue reading
FotoGrafia 2012 – International Photography Festival of Rome
Kicking off tomorrow is the 11th edition of FOTOGRAFIA, Rome’s International Photography Festival. The festival promotes contemporary photography, and brings to the surface up-and-coming artists. This year’s theme is WORK, ‘a keyword in the history of photography.’ For the third year … Continue reading
Posted in Art and Culture, Festivals!, Happening Now, Museums, Uncategorized
Tagged art, contemporary art, festival, photography, rome, rome museums
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Castles and Secret Passageways
There really is no point in denying the appeal of a secret passageway. Sneaking around undetected, going places you shouldn’t, seeing things you’re not supposed to. It’s basically every kid’s dream. I mean, I can’t even tell you how many … Continue reading
Posted in Museums
Tagged castle at night, castle sant angelo, hadrian's mausoleum, rome at night, rome summer
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Are We Supposed to be Here?: Behind the Scenes at the Vatican
Having lived a stone’s throw from the Vatican (not that I’ve tried…) for nearly a year now, I guess I kept assuming I was going to soak up some knowledge of the city-state’s vast art and antiquities collection by way … Continue reading
Posted in Art and Culture, Churches, Museums
Tagged rome tours, special access vatican, tour rome, vatican museums, vatican private tour, vatican tours
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Night at the Museum, the 2012 Edition
Update: Following this morning’s tragic bombing in Brindisi, the city of Rome has cancelled tonight’s Notte dei Musei. We will update with more info when we have it. Once a year, the Ministero per i Beni e le Attivita Culturali … Continue reading
Rainy Day Museuming in Rome: Life-Size Replicas and Miniature Models
Weather forecast for the next three days: Rain What’s the perfect rainy day activity? Museuming. But already been to the Capitoline Museum? Tired of Trajan’s Markets? Too rainy for Ostia Antica? Take advantage of La Settimana della Cultura, Rome’s Cultural Week … Continue reading
Posted in Art and Culture, Happening Now, Museums
Tagged Ancient Rome, caffe palombini, EUR, Italo Gismondi, julius caesar, La Settimana della Cultura, models, Museo della Civilta Romana, museum, Museum of Roman Civilization, Roman Empire, Rome Cultural Week, trajan, Trajan's column plaster casts
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Get Your Culture On: Settimana della Cultura 2012
Tomorrow, Saturday, April 14th, is pretty much one of the best days of the year in Rome. It’s the start of Culture Week, or, as I like to call it, “How Many Museums and Old Stuff Can I See in … Continue reading
Review: Steve McCurry at MACRO Testaccio
Steve McCurry, renowned American photojournalist most famous for “Afghan Girl”, a startling portrait named the most recognized photograph in the history of National Geographic, deserves his reputation as one of the leading photographers of our times. It feels a shame … Continue reading
GNAM! What’s up at the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna
Having been closed for a few months for renovations, the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna is fully up and running, offering a wide range of artistic goodies. Situated right near the zoo, and bordering Villa Borghese, GNAM was established in 1883, with … Continue reading
Posted in Art and Culture, Museums
Tagged modern art rome, museums in rome, rome exhibits now, villa borghese
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Lux in Arcana: View the Vatican’s Secret Archives
Wanna know the Pope’s secrets? Thought so. Well, starting tomorrow, for the low low price of 12 euro, you can view centuries of previously inaccessible documents from some of the most prominent events in Catholic history when “Lux in Arcana: … Continue reading
