Tag: Museums and Exhibits

  • Bernini Up Close and Close To Home

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    The Getty Museum exhibit features 57 works by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

  • Italy’s UNESCO Heritage Sites On Display at Rome Photo Exhibit

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    So, you’ve made it all the way to Rome but wish your vacation time allowed you to visit the other UNESCO Heritage Sites in Italy? Have no fear! According to the U.K.’s Italy Magazine, an exhibit of 120 photographs of Italy’s heritage sites will be on display at the Central National Library. The exhibition will…

  • Valentino Retrospective Opens Ara Pacis In Style

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    The event of the year for 2007. Valentino exhibit features 45 years of designer fashion in Rome’s newly open Ara Pacis Museum.

    Valentino at the Ara Pacis
  • Getting Into the Vatican Museums

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    It’s getting ever more difficult to get into the Vatican Museums. The museums, Musei Vaticani in Italian, are home to some of the world’s most precious and recognizable Western art including Michelangelo’s frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. The Vatican recently raised prices for a non-guided visit and, according to the New York Times, the Museums are…