Italian Museums and Cities Offer Free Entry and Special Events for New Year 2023
On January 1, 2023, Italy's Ministry of Culture announced the continuation of the #domenicalmuseo initiative, which grants free entry to state museums and archaeological parks. Notable locations participating include the Colosseum, Pompeii, Reggia di Caserta, and Pinacoteca di Brera. Some venues, like Milan's Palazzo Reale, will open at 2 PM. Turin's Reggia di Venaria is set to host a New Year's Concert at 7:30 PM, while Genoa's Palazzo Ducale will remain open until 2 AM on December 31. Rimini has a New Year program offering free museum access from 9 PM to 2 AM. Additionally, on January 1, a concert will take place at Teatro Comunale di Ferrara at 5 PM, and Bologna will celebrate with the burning of Vecchione at midnight. Various events and exhibitions will also occur in Florence and Rome.
Key facts
- #domenicalmuseo offers free entry to Italian state museums on January 1, 2023
- Reggia di Venaria hosts first New Year's Concert with Eric Waddell and the Abundant Life Gospel Singers
- Genoa's Palazzo Ducale extends Rubens and Disney exhibitions until 2 AM on December 31
- Rimini's diffuse New Year program spans ten locations with free museum entry 9 PM–2 AM
- Ferrara's Teatro Comunale holds New Year's Concert with Orchestra Gino Neri for its 125th anniversary
- Bologna's Vecchione returns after two-year pandemic hiatus, designed by Parasite 2.0
- Florence's New Year's Eve features videomapping, marching bands, gospel, and Kharkiv Philharmonic
- Rome's Capodarte offers over 70 free events on January 1, including concerts and Calvino centenary
Entities
Artists
- John Constable
- Marinella Senatore
- Eric Waddell
- Pieter Paul Rubens
- Enrico De Luigi
- Lorenzo Semprini
- Alessio Raffaelli
- Massimo Marches
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Pierclaudio Fei
- Francesco Zamorani
- Barber
- Bizet
- Tchaikovsky
- Rossini
- Waldteufel
- Hans Zimmer
- Mascagni
- Alessandro Bergonzoni
- Parasite 2.0
- Alan Zinchi
- Luigi Spina
- Lucio Dalla
- Beethoven
- Bach
- Italo Calvino
- Strauss
- Morricone
- Fabio Maestri
Institutions
- Ministero della Cultura
- Pinacoteca di Brera
- Reggia di Caserta
- Colosseo
- Museo archeologico di Taranto
- Museo di Capodimonte
- Palazzo Abatellis
- Palazzo Reale (Milan)
- Mudec
- PAC
- Gallerie d'Italia
- Fondazione Luigi Rovati
- Reggia di Venaria
- Blue Note Off
- Palazzo Ducale (Genoa)
- Teatro Galli
- Teatro degli Atti
- Museo della città (Rimini)
- Part
- Domus del Chirurgo
- Castel Sismondo
- Cinema Fulgor
- Teatro Comunale di Ferrara
- Orchestra Gino Neri
- Officine Contesto
- Pop Up Cinema Arlecchino
- Comune di Firenze
- MUS.E
- Compagnia eVenti Verticali
- The Pilgrims
- The Women of God
- Kharkiv Philharmonic Orchestra
- Gallerie dell'Accademia (Florence)
- Museo dell'Ara Pacis
- Musei Capitolini
- Centrale Montemartini
- Teatro Argentina
- Teatro del Lido di Ostia
- Soprintendenza Speciale di Roma
- Terme di Caracalla
- Arco di Malborghetto
- Villa di Livia
- Drugstore Museum
- Artribune
Locations
- Italy
- Milan
- Caserta
- Rome
- Herculaneum
- Pompeii
- Taranto
- Naples
- Palermo
- Turin
- Venaria Reale
- Baltimore
- Genoa
- Rimini
- Ferrara
- Bologna
- Florence
- Kharkiv
- Ostia
- piazza San Carlo (Turin)
- piazza Maggiore (Bologna)
- piazza della Signoria (Florence)
- piazza del Carmine (Florence)
- piazza Santissima Annunziata (Florence)
- piazza San Lorenzo (Florence)
- via dei Fori Imperiali (Rome)
- via Lame (Bologna)
- Cappella di Sant'Uberto (Venaria)
- Palazzo Vecchio (Florence)
- Crescentone (Bologna)
- piazza Cavour (Rimini)
- piazza Malatesta (Rimini)
- Castel Sismondo (Rimini)