Following the success of last year’s Art Tuesdays,
which give residents and visitors further opportunities to enjoy Italy’s vast
cultural heritage, the Italian ministry of culture is offering once-a-month
free entrance during extended evening hours to Italy’s state museums. For the
rest of 2011, admission is free on the following evenings: April 26, May 31,
June 28, July 26, August 30, September 27, October 25, November 29 and December
27. In Florence, the participating museums are the Uffizi Gallery; Galleria
dell’Accademia; Bargello Museum; Medici Chapels; San Marco Museum; Museum of
Palazzo Davanzati; Gallery of Modern Art and Palatine Gallery, both in Palazzo
Pitti.
For a full list of Italy’s state museums in Tuscany
and nationwide, see www.beniculturali.it. State museums are also free during Culture Week,
April 9 to 17.
