First Sunday of the month free admission to discover Italian beauties
Every first Sunday of the month, it is possible to enter free in museums, archaeological parks and state cultural sites all over Italy thanks to Sunday at the Museum, an initiative by the Ministry of Culture.
“Sunday at the Museum” is the opportunity for Italians and foreign tourists to know the great Italian artistic and cultural heritage.
Italy is a treasure chest, being the country with the largest number of Unesco sites included in the list of world heritage sites: in 2021 there were 59 sites and further ones are on the waiting list. Do you want to know them? Click here to know the Unesco sites in Italy>>>
Reservation is required for some places,
All the venues participating in the initiative are listed on the Government website>>>
Besides the 1st Sunday of the month, four additional dates:
– April 25th – Liberation Day, which commemorates Italy’s liberation from Nazi-fascism, the end of Nazi occupation, and the definitive fall of the fascist regime.
– May 1st – Labor Day
– June 2nd – Republic Day, celebrating the victory of the republic in the 1946 referendum in which Italians had to choose between monarchy and constitutional republic.
– November 4th – National Unity and Armed Forces Day, commemorating the end of the 1st World War I (armistice date) and the soldiers who died defending Italy.
photo source: website of the Ministry of Culture