Rome is offering a year of free entry to municipal museums and archaeological sites to 18-year-olds living in the capital by giving them a city museum pass.
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Wanted in Rome
10 Feb, 2021
Relighting of the Ara Pacis Museum comes just weeks before Rome reopens the Mausoleum of Augustus.
Rome s Ara Pacis museum and its monumental ancient altar have been illuminated with a new lighting system thanks to a financial contribution from Bulgari.
The luxury fashion house donated €120,000 to the re-lighting of the museum, in addition to the almost €87,000 of city funds, in its latest act of patronage towards Rome.
The project involved replacing the existing lighting system with new LED lights, both in the museum s exhibition spaces and around the altar, which was consecrated in 9 BC.
The re-lighting project at the museum, designed by US architect Richard Meier, comes amid a hive of activity in Piazza Augusto Imperatore.
Covid-19 in Italy: Vatican Museums reopen after 88 days
31 Jan, 2021
Vatican Museums will reopen on 1 February with advance booking required.The Vatican Museums, including the Sistine Chapel, will reopen their doors to the public from Monday 1 February after being closed for 88 days, the longest closure in the museums history since 1943 during world war two.
The Museums have been shut since 5 November, in line with the closure of Italy s museums amid tighter covid-19 restrictions.
Most museums and archaeological sites in Italy will reopen on 1 February as the country eases its coronavirus restrictions, reclassifying most regions from medium-risk orange zones to lower-risk yellow zones.