On Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 September the GEP - European Heritage Days are back, the largest and most popular cultural event in Europe, promoted by the Council of Europe and the European Commission and coordinated for Italy by the Ministry of Culture.

The #museinazionalilucca will be exceptionally open for a range of events: Saturday 28 September (in addition to the usual opening hours 12:00-19:30): 19:30-22:30 (last entry 21:30). Symbolic entry at €1.00

Sunday 29 September: 15:00-19:00 (last entry 18:00) And the following initiatives will be planned: #museovillaguinigi MORE INFO

Saturday 28 September: 21:00 thematic visit entitled “Walking in art: from the Etruscans to 1700”, by the staff;

Sunday 29 September: 5:00 pm thematic visit entitled “Journey among the prestigious artists of the collection of the National Museum of Villa Guinigi”, organized by the staff. #palazzomansi

Saturday 28 September: 7:30 pm, thematic visit to the main floor of the Palace organized by the staff;

9:00 pm, concert by the organist Tommaso Nicoli organized by the “Domenico di Lorenzo” Association of Lucca as part of the “Lucca city of Organs” event. The organ kept in the National Museum of Palazzo Mansi, coming from the church of S. Giulia in Lucca, is a jewel of rare mastery created by the craftsman Andrea Ravani from Lucca in the 17th century. At the keyboard of this instrument, the young and promising organist and harpsichordist Tommaso Nicoli offers the opportunity to listen to some of the most interesting pages of the Renaissance repertoire of Lucca, included in a program that unfolds between Italian and German authors of the 16th and 17th centuries. \