Nights of Archeology

Saturday 10 July, 9-12 pm

9 pm: lecture of  Maurizio Martinelli, Rodolfo Siviero and the recovery of Italian archeological heritage
9.30 pm: Chi ruba un piede è fortunato in amore by Dario Fo, theatrical performace with Nuova Accademia degli Arrischianti
10-12 pm: Opening of the museum
Free entrance from 8.45 until places are available

April 30 - Notte Bianca (White Night) at Casa Siviero

8-12 pm free entrance with guided tours

For the Notte Bianca (white night) in Florence, Casa Siviero will open from 8 to 12 pm. Guided tours will start at 8, 9, 10, 11 to see the museum and the exhibition: De Chirico's self portrait and the Castelfranco collection. It is the last chance to see this exhibition that will close on the 30 April.

The Rape of Europa

For the Week of Culture presentation of the book and of the file The Rape of Europa

The Rape of Europa by  Lynn H. Nicholas is a great book which tells the story of the European cultural heritage during the Second World War and the Third Reich. It explains with great historical accuracy  how every country tried to protect its cultural heritage, the destructions caused by war, the policy of robbery done by the Nazis, the discussion among the allied countries about what to do of the artworks found in Germany at the end of the war, the attempt of returning the...

Happy Valentine at Casa Siviero

Gift for the visitors of the museum during Valentine week end

On the 13 and 14 February, the visitors of the museum Casa Siviero will get a free postcard with a picture of a painting in the museum whose subject fits Valentine day

De Chirico's self portrait with column and the Castelfranco collection (January 30-April 30)

Saturday, 30 January, 10.30 am, museum Casa Siviero, the opening of the exhibition. The exhibition will continue until 30 April, free entrance, Saturday 10 am-6pm; Sunday and Monday 10am-1pm

The exhibition features the restored self-portrait by Giorgio De Chirico, that belongs to the Siviero collection.  Due to the oxidation of the paint, the portrait was barely visible. The restoration, though keeping the dark tones of the nocturnal colors, allows us once again to see the original image. According to Siviero's documents, De Chirico's self-portrait with column was a gift to him by Matilde Forti Castelfranco, the previous owner of the villa in the Lungarno Serristori, cur...

Saturday 10 October,  10.30 am: Coffee at Casa Siviero

Presentation of the book Relazione sui danni sofferti a causa della guerra dal patrimonio storico artistico monumentale di Firenze (Relation on the damages suffered by the cultural heritage of Florence because of the war) 1946, by Guido Morozzi

Conversation with  Francesco Gurrieri (University of Firenze) e Claudio Paolini (Superintendency for the Architectural heritage of Florence)

Columbus arms in legend and historical reality

Opening of the exhibiton: Friday 25 September 5 pm
The exhibition is opened until 6 January 2010 in the normal opening time of the museum.

According to an old legend, Cristopher Columbus, having come back from America,  gave as a vow some arms to the image of Our Lady in the Church of Fontegiusta in Siena, that he worshipped. This tale has no historical ground, but the legendary arms of Columbus, kept in the museum of the Fraternity of Santa Maria in Portico a Fontegiusta, are an instance of the presence of small but important groups of arms in  Tuscany. The exhibition wants to promote this aspect of the Tuscan cult...

July 4 2009 - Nights of Archeology

MUSIC FOR BACCHUS - Sounds of the Etruscan and Greco-Roman Symposium in mithology, history and archeology.
Lecture-performance by ROBERTO MELINI
Live music by LUDI SCAENICI

Free entrance from 8.30 pm to 9.00 pm;
9.00 pm beginning of the performance (entrance will not be allowed during the performance);
From 10 to 12 pm  the Museum Casa Siviero will be opened for visitors

ROBERTO MELINI is an archeologist and musician, professor of  "Music in the Ancient world" at  Trento University. LUDI SCAENICI is a group doing resarch and concerts about music and dance in the Ancient Greco-Roman civilization. The group is composed of: Cristina Majnero: tibiae, kithara, lyra and voice; Roberto Stanco: tibiae, lyra and tympanum; Gaetano Delfini: tuba, cornu and bucina; Daniel Ercoli: oblicuum calamum, utriculus an...

Ugo e Lamberto Pignotti

The exhibition can be visited from 6 June to 6 September during  the opening time of the museum.
Free entrance

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