“Happy Intuition”. Record Data –

“Today, with the first Sunday of July 2024, the #domenicalmuseo initiative turns 10. Established with decree no. 94 of 27 June 2014, it provides free entry to museums, archaeological parks and all state cultural sites. It is a happy intuition that in recent years has become an unmissable event much appreciated by Italian citizens and tourists who come here from all over the world. To the 12 free days originally planned, I strongly wanted to add three more iconic dates in Italian history: 25 April, 2 June and 4 November. In these 15 free days, like the one that has just ended – says the Minister of
Culture, Gennaro Sangiuliano commenting on the first available data relating to the #domenicalmuseo in July – many hundreds of thousands of visitors decided to spend a few hours immersed in the beauty and art of the nation’s cultural heritage”. These are, the minister continues, “numbers that confirm the extraordinary success of Italian museums, as demonstrated by the admission data we presented this week which recorded, for 2023, the figure of 57,730,502 visitors, never recorded in historical series. Italian museums have an immense historical and identity value, to this we are adding the quality of services including the new app, an innovative and modern tool for accessing museum facilities which represents a further step towards modernization and enhancement in line with what is provided for by art. 9 of the Constitution”.

The following is the provisional data received: Colosseum Archaeological Park – Colosseum. Flavian Amphitheatre 20,986; Pompeii Archaeological Park – Pompeii Archaeological Area 18,409; Pantheon – Basilica of Santa Maria ad Martyres 11,821; Uffizi Galleries – The Uffizi 10,870; Royal Palace of Caserta 8,578; Accademia Gallery of Florence 7,035; Uffizi Galleries – Pitti Palace 6,704; Colosseum Archaeological Park – Roman Forum and Palatine 6,153; Brera Art Gallery 5,020; Royal Museums of Turin 4,981; Castel Sant’Angelo 4,822; Villae – Villa d’Este 3,868; National Archaeological Museum of Naples 3,381; Bargello Museums – Medici Chapels 3,045; Baths of Caracalla 2,821; Ducal Palace of Mantua 2,449; Archaeological Park of Paestum and Velia – Museum and archaeological area of ​​Paestum 2,435; Castel Sant’Elmo and Museum of the Twentieth Century in Naples 2,364; National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art 2,356; National Galleries of Ancient Art – Palazzo Barberini 2,345; Borghese Gallery 1,930; Royal Palace of Naples 1,897; National Gallery of Umbria 1,863; Archaeological Park of Herculaneum 1,828; Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci 1,720; Villae – Hadrian’s Villa 1,609; Castel del Monte 1,523; Gallerie dell’Accademia of Venice 1,447; National Gallery of the Marches 1,343; Grottoes of Catullus and Archaeological Museum of Sirmione 1.302; Museum and Royal Wood of
Capodimonte – Capodimonte Museum 1,180; Monumental complex of the Pilotta 1,170.

And once more: Monumental Complex and Museum of the Certosa of Pavia 1,120; National Archaeological Museum of Reggio Calabria 1,088; Swabian Castle of Bari 1,056; National Roman Museum – Palazzo Massimo 1,032; Scaligero Castle of Sirmione 1,002; National Roman Museum – Baths of Diocletian 991; Roman Villa and Antiquarium of Desenzano 980; Villa della Regina 951; Farnese Palace of Caprarola 927; Carignano Palace 910; Archaeological Park of Cerveteri and Tarquinia – Necropolis of the Monterozzi
and National Archaeological Museum of Tarquinia 903; National Roman Museum – Palazzo Altemps 853; Bargello Museums – National Bargello Museum 850; Monumental Complex of the Castle and Park of Racconigi 832; Bargello Museums – Orsanmichele Complex 750; National Museums of Genoa – Royal Palace of Genoa 680; Museum of Palazzo Grimani 618; National Archaeological Museum of Taranto 600; Spada Gallery 598; National Art Gallery of Bologna 534; National Museum of Abruzzo of L’Aquila 480; Monumental Complex of the Ducal Castle – Garden and Park of Aglié 454; Archaeological Park of the Appian Way – Mausoleum of Cecilia Metella and Church of San Nicola 430; Museum of Civilizations 429; National Galleries of Ancient Art – Corsini Gallery 425; Archaeological Park of Cerveteri and Tarquinia – Necropolis of Banditaccia and National Archaeological Museum of Cerveteri in Cerveteri 411; Basilica of Sant’Apollinare in Classe 387; Mausoleum of Theodoric 382; National Archaeological Museum of
Florence 363; Expiatory Chapel 358; National Museum of Ravenna 351; Campanian Amphitheatre, Archaeological Museum of Ancient Capua and Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere 318; Monumental Complex and Library of the Girolamini 311; Pomposa Abbey and Pomposa Museum 308; Arian Baptistery 302. To these data are added the 15,273 visitors of the ViVe – Vittoriano and Palazzo Venezia and the 9,195 of the Uffizi Gallery – Boboli Gardens.