“Frequently frequent the museums of your city, go there often to contemplate with the necessary inclination of mind not the entire collection but some works, different from time to time, stop to meditate in the rooms of a gallery or among the remains of a archaeological site, breathing in the beauty and absoluteness that emanates from it: this is the spirit of Sundays at the museum, in which citizens can freely reclaim the roots of the community in which they live and rediscover its most intimate meaning. The success of making places of culture free on the first Sunday of the month, confirmed again today, is testimony to how much Italians love their cultural heritage and make it a fundamental element of their national identity".
This was declared by the Minister of Culture, Gennaro Sangiuliano, commenting on the first provisional data of the appointment with the #domenicalmuseo in March, the initiative of the Ministry of Culture which allows free entry, every first Sunday of the month, to museums and state archaeological parks.
Below are the provisional data received:
Pompeii archaeological park – Pompeii archaeological area 23.648; Colosseum archaeological park – Colosseum. Flavian Amphitheater 23.111; Royal Palace of Caserta 15.109; Pantheon 15.011; Colosseum archaeological park – Roman Forum and Palatine 10.831; Uffizi Galleries – The Uffizi 8.800; Castel Sant'Elmo and Museum of the Twentieth Century in Naples 7.840; National Archaeological Museum of Naples 7.548; Uffizi Galleries – Pitti Palace 6.715; ; National Museum of Castel Sant'Angelo 6.380; Royal Palace of Naples 6.220; Royal Museums of Turin 5.930; Villae – Villa d'Este 5.768; Accademia Gallery of Florence 5.550; National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art 5.242; Capodimonte Museum 5.153; Paestum archaeological park – archaeological area of Paestum 5.035; Certosa and Museum of San Martino 4.190; Villae – Hadrian's Villa 3.616; Herculaneum archaeological park 3.347; National Galleries of Ancient Art – Palazzo Barberini 2.987; Monumental complex of Pilotta 2.944; Bargello Museums – Medici Chapels 2.880; Ducal Palace of Mantua 2.842; Baths of Caracalla 2.564; Brera Art Gallery 2.229; National Roman Museum – Baths of Diocletian 2.203; National Roman Museum – Palazzo Massimo 2.056; National Roman Museum – Palazzo Altemps 2.023; Borghese Gallery 1.930; Historical Museum and the Miramare Castle Park – Historical Museum 1.884; Swabian Castle of Bari 1.881; Galleries of the Academy of Venice 1.790; Palazzo Grimani Museum 1.761; Castel del Monte 1.736; Leonardo's Last Supper 1.720; National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia 1.715; Museum of Civilizations 1.480; Farnese Palace of Caprarola 1.419; Sword Gallery 1.400; Bargello Museums – Bargello National Museum 1.340; Campi Flegrei archaeological park – Cuma archaeological park 1.255; National Art Gallery of Bologna 1.249; National archaeological museum of Taranto – MarTA 1.214; National Museum of Villa Pisani 1.210; Archaeological Park of the Campi Flegrei - Archaeological Museum of the Campi Flegrei in the Castle of Baia 1.170; National Archaeological Museum of Reggio Calabria 1.149; National Galleries of Ancient Art – Corsini Gallery 1.147; National Museum of Abruzzo 1.007.
Added to these data are the 20.153 visitors to the ViVe – Vittoriano and Palazzo Venezia and the 8.707 to the Uffizi Galleries – Boboli Gardens.
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