The best cultural events in Naples in the new exclusive section of exhibitions, museums and guided tours!
This week our part new exclusive heading on cultural events of the weekend in Naples, to give you advice on museums, exhibitions, exhibitions, guided tours and all the cultural events planned in the city at the weekend.
It starts with a busy schedule of initiatives to choose from, especially for those wishing to visit an exhibition. To the PAN an exhibition of 80 photographs and numerous illustrations celebrating the one hundred years of the birth of Mario Monicelli, while the exhibition continues at the Madre Museum "As a child's play”By Daniel Buren, in which the museum rooms are transformed into life-size play spaces.
It continues with the exhibition on Modigliani, which in recent months is enjoying considerable success, and with that on the Treasure of San Gennaror. But you can also follow an interesting guided tour between the remains of Pompeii and those of Herculaneum, admiring the Suburban Baths or the casts of the inhabitants submerged by the eruption.
But even the evening visits to the Solfatara they will be very suggestive, with the possibility of enjoying food cooked directly on a fumarole. The visits, always evening, to Excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum they will leave you breathless and you will also discover the Suburban Baths.
There is, therefore, for all tastes and you just have to choose between best cultural events in Naples!
Exhibitions and Museums
Show Daniel Buren
“Like a child's game” is Daniel Buren's original exhibition designed to be consistent with the exhibition space in which it is housed. Between geometric signs and minimal colors, the rooms of the Mother Museum will be transformed into real-life games space. In this way, it will be possible to communicate with the works and architecture.
When: until the 31 August 2015
Timetables: from Monday to Saturday from 10.00 to 19.30; Sunday from 10.00 to 20.00; Closed on Tuesday
Price tickets:
- Adults: € 7.00
- Reduced: € 3.50
- Free entry on Monday
Where: Mother Museum, Via Settembrini 79, Naples
More detailed info on the exhibition, in our in-depth article
Exhibition on Mario Monicelli
The Italian director will be honored in an exhibition set up to celebrate it centenary of the birth. 80 will be exhibited photographs that will become a path of his film career, flanked by the illustrations di Rep, stage name of Chiara Rapaccini, the lifelong companion of Monicelli.
When: from 3 July to 1 August 2015
Where: PAN - Palazzo delle Arti in Naples, via dei Mille 60
Price: price quotation
Timetables: Monday and Wednesday to Saturday from 9.30 to 19.30 | Sunday from 9.30 to 14.30
Further info, in thearticle on the exhibition on Mario Monicelli
Show Women of Modigliani
For months the Agora Morelli has hosted an interesting exhibition on the well-known long-necked women of Modigliani. It is about digital reproductions of the painter's works, with which you can also interact through a free app to download on your smartphone.
It will also be possible to visit the Bourbon Tunnel paying a small surcharge.
When: from 22 May to 9 August 2015
Timetables:
- Monday to Thursday from 10 to 20
- Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10 to 24
Price tickets:
- 10 €
- Free for children under the 12 years
Where: Agorà Morelli, via Domenico Morelli, 61 / a, 80122 Naples
Info: 081.191.30.220; official website of the exhibition Women
In our article, more info on exhibition on Modigliani
Exhibition on Gioacchino Murat
“Murat King of Naples. A step of charge ”is the exhibition set up at Royal Palace which runs on the French decade in Naples, the reign period of Gioacchino Murat, brother-in-law of Napoleon Bonaparte.
150 pieces exhibited including the curved blade used during the Egyptian campaign and the ceremonial sword of Marshal of the Empire.
When: Until 29 September 2015
Where: Royal Palace, Hall of Hercules
Price: 6 €, free up to 18 years
Timetables: from 9.00 to 19.00. Open every day except Wednesday.
Info: 0815808328 | sbapsae-na.comunicazione@beniculturali.it
For more details, thein-depth article
Saturday Night at the Museum
Until December it will be possible to visit some museums of Naples and Campania even in the evening, between the 20.00 and the 24.00. The participating museums are the Museum of Capodimonte, National archeologic museum, the Royal Palace of Caserta, the National Archaeological Museum of Paestume and Archaeological Park, the Ruins of Pompeii and Excavations of Herculaneum.
When: every Saturday until December 2015
Where: National Archaeological Museum, the Capodimonte Museum, the Royal Palace of Caserta and the National Archaeological Museum of Paestum and Archaeological Park
Schedule: from 20.00 am to 24.00 pm
Price: admission ticket to the museum
More info in the article on One Saturday at the Museum
Treasure of San Gennaro
After the enormous success in Paris last year, the Treasury of San Gennaro from April can be visited again in Naples and you can also admire the prestigious gemed miter. A true masterpiece with almost 3700 precious stones which testifies to the excellence of our goldsmith art.
When: for the whole 2015
Where: Museum of the Treasure of San Gennaro, via Duomo 149
Schedule: every day from 9,00 to 17,30 including Sundays and holidays
Ticket price: 5 €, instead of 10 €
Information: 081 294980 - 338 3361771
For more details, the article on Treasure of San Gennaro
Exhibition on the Great War
At Palazzo Zevallos an exhibition on the occasion of the centenary of the entry into the World War I of Italy. Numerous are exhibited propaganda posters, national and international and documents that testify to the reactions of the population to the call to arms and widespread indignation. 80 works by Italians and foreigners that tell an important historical moment well.
Where: Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano, via Toledo 185
When: until the 23 August 2015
Price: full 7 € | reduced 5 € | special reduced 3 €. Joint ticket valid for the temporary exhibition "The Great War" and for the visit to the permanent collections. For all the details on the reductions, the website of Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano
Timetables: Tuesday to Friday 10.00 - 18.00; Saturday and Sunday 10.00 - 20.00
More information on the works on show in our in-depth article
Guided tours
White Night of Apollo 11
At the Royal Palace of Portici, as part of the White Night of Apollo 11, it will be possible to observe Saturn and the Moon with professional telescopes. In addition, the history of the various Apollo missions will be retraced, important events in the astronomical field (including the mission of Samantha Cristoforetti) and you can visit theBotanical Garden of the Royal Palace.
When: July 25 2015
Where: Palace of Portici, via 100 University
Schedule: by 19.00
Price: € 8,00 organizational fee (free below the 12 years)
Info: 081 2532016 (Mon-Fri 9,30 -14,30) | segreteria@centromusa.it
Reservations required.
Our article for the complete program of the evening
Evening visits to the excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum
Until October it will be possible to make some evening visits to the excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum, above all to be able to observe i casts of the inhabitants submerged by the eruption of 79 AD, but also to visit the photographic exhibition dedicated to these topics set up in the archaeological area of Pompeii.
When: until 17 October 2015, every Saturday
Where:
- excavations of Pompeii, via Villa dei Misteri 2
- excavations of Herculaneum, course Resin 1
Ticket prices: €2
In our article the details on visit shifts
Evening visits to the Solfatara
Every Saturday in July and August it will be possible to take part in the evocative guided evening tours that will take place at the Solfatara. You will be able to admire the phenomena of condensation of steam and the rumbling of the ground and eating anchovies cooked directly on a fumarole.
When: the Saturdays of July and August 2015
Timetables: 20.00 at the ticket office 20.30 visit start. Duration approximately two hours.
Where: Solfatara volcano, via Solfatara 161 Pozzuoli
Ticket prices:
- adults € 15,00
- 5 to 12 years € 6,00
- 0 to 5 years free
Info: 081 5262341 | reservations required, 10.00-13.00
The Night of Pliny
In addition to visits to the excavations, you can also take guided tours to the Suburban Baths of Herculaneum, remained almost intact after the eruption of 79 AD, with stops in the most particular houses, such as the Black Salon House and the House of the Skeleton. In addition, multimedia installations will illuminate the mosaics and an actor will interpret a love monologue in the role of Pliny.
When: From 8 July to 13 September 2015, on Wednesdays and Sundays
Timetables: from 20.30 am to 22 pm
Where: excavations of Herculaneum, Corso Resina 1
Ticket prices:
- 16 €
- free for children up to 14 years
Info: toll-free number 800600601 0639967650 XNUMX | from abroad XNUMX
Reservations required.
Further details in the article on Night of Pliny
Sotterranei of the Certosa di San Martino
The evocative undergrounds of the Certosa di San Martino have been open for a few months and offer visitors a unique experience. 150 works between sarcophagi, Registration, headstones of inestimable value and collected in churches, castles and palaces of Naples.
Until October the Sotterranei will be open even in the afternoon.
When: Saturday and Sunday (up to 25 October even in the afternoon)
Timetables: morning visits at 11.30 | extraordinary visits in the afternoon at 16.30 pm
Info: Reservations are required to form groups of up to 50 people. Send an email to ospenza.sanmartino@beniculturali.it | tel: 081 229 4568
For all the info on the visit, thearticle on the Sotterranei
