“A night at the museum” – all museums open on the night of May 16th 2009

On the night of May 16th 2009, all museums will be open.

In association with the French Culture and Comunication Departments, this manifestation was born in 2005 and, on this year , it relies on the support of some other countries’ collaboration such as Scotland, Northern Ireland, while Belgium, Serbia and Copenaghen, Barcelona and Bucarest will extend their own proposals.

This initiative aims at allowing people, whom have not the opportunity to visit museums during the day, to know the priceless Italian artistic patrimony.

By the intervetion of the Culture Department, Italy will play the role of national coordinator of its own territorial institutes.