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European Archaeology Days 2023: Italy's Guide to Events

cultural-heritage · 2026-04-27

The 14th European Archaeology Days (GEA2023) will take place from June 16 to June 18, 2023, across 46 member states of the Council of Europe, with management by Inrap and organization by Italy's Ministry of Culture. To support the recovery of artworks affected by the Emilia-Romagna flood, an additional €1 will be charged on state museum tickets from June 15 to September 15. Activities include events at the Drugstore Museum, Gabii, and Villa di Livia in Rome, guided tours at MANN in Naples, and the RomArché festival at Ara Pacis. Additional offerings feature thematic visits in Mantua, tours in Matera, recent finds in Ferrara, exhibitions in Tuscany and Lombardy, and FAI's opening of six archaeological sites.

Key facts

  • European Archaeology Days 2023 on June 16-18
  • Managed by Inrap, organized in Italy by Ministry of Culture
  • Extra €1 on state museum tickets from June 15 to Sept 15 for Emilia-Romagna flood relief
  • Rome events at Drugstore Museum, Gabii, Villa di Livia
  • MANN Naples guided tours on Roman statuary polychromy
  • RomArché festival theme 'Nature & Culture'
  • Mantua: 'Volti di Mantua' visit and 'Il laboratorio delle ossa' workshop
  • Matera: Aldo Grassini lecture on multisensory archaeology
  • Ferrara: presentation of Copparo pirogue and Frittelline finds
  • Florence: storage rooms open at National Archaeological Museum
  • Roselle: itinerant show 'C'era una volta in Maremma'
  • Turin: special labs at Museum of Antiquities and Roman Theatre
  • FAI opens six archaeological sites
  • Lombardy: 'Toccar con mano i Longobardi' exhibition and #LongobardExperience

Entities

Artists

  • Aldo Grassini
  • Daniela Porro
  • Mario Iozzo

Institutions

  • Inrap
  • Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives
  • Council of Europe
  • Ministero della cultura
  • Direzione Generale Musei
  • Direzione Generale Archeologia, belle arti e paesaggio
  • Soprintendenza Speciale di Roma
  • Drugstore Museum
  • MANN
  • Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
  • Ara Pacis
  • Museo Etrusco di Villa Giulia
  • Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Mantova
  • Palazzo Ducale
  • Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Matera
  • Museo Tattile Statale Omero
  • Centro di Educazione Ambientale di Matera
  • Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Ferrara
  • Soprintendenza
  • Direzione Regionale Musei
  • Musei civici
  • Museo archeologico nazionale di Firenze
  • Parco Archeologico di Roselle
  • Museo di Antichità
  • Teatro Romano
  • Musei Reali Torino
  • FAI
  • Fondo per l’Ambiente Italiano
  • Abbazia di Santa Maria di Cerrate
  • Abbazia di San Fruttuoso
  • Parco Villa Gregoriana
  • Baia di Ieranto
  • Giardino della Kolymbethra
  • Monastero di Torba
  • Associazione Italia Langobardorum
  • Monastero di Cairate
  • Unesco
  • Artribune

Locations

  • Italy
  • Rome
  • Gabii
  • Villa di Livia
  • Naples
  • Mantua
  • Matera
  • Ancona
  • Ferrara
  • Copparo
  • Frittelline
  • Florence
  • Cortona
  • Roselle
  • Maremma
  • Turin
  • Piedmont
  • Camogli
  • Genoa
  • Tivoli
  • Massa Lubrense
  • Agrigento
  • Valle dei Templi
  • Gornate Olona
  • Varese
  • Lombardy
  • Cairate
  • Castelseprio
  • Torba
  • Emilia-Romagna
  • Lecce
  • France
  • Europe

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