Free Museums First Sunday of Every Month
Every First Sunday of the Month it is possible to enter many museums for free.
Uffizi Gallery Special Evening Openings
Italy's most prestigious museum has just announced a special evening opening program. Every Tuesday, from March 26th to December 17th, 2024, the Gallery of Statues and Paintings will welcome visitors into the evening, allowing the magical experience of admiring art masterpieces in the sunset light.
Combustion Engine Museum Lucca
April marks the beginning of the opening season of the museum, located in via Sant'Andrea n. 58, which will welcome the public every Saturday, Sunday and public holidays, from 11:00 to 19:00, until the beginning of November.
Re-Knowing the Wall Permanent Exhibition
The inauguration of the permanent exhibition Re-Knowing the Walls , the new widespread project of the municipal administration for the valorisation of the sorties and underground areas of the main city monument , is scheduled for Wednesday (19 June) at 5pm.
Concert Season Music of the 18th Century
Eighteenth-century music in Lucca is a project whose aim is the valorisation and dissemination of the eighteenth-century musical heritage. In this context, Lucca occupies a place of particular importance, both for the very high quality of its musical life in the 18th century and for the quantity of leading artists that the city provided to Europe and the whole world.
The Coins of Our Great Grandparents
The coins of our great-grandparents. Paper money of necessity in Italy since the second half of the nineteenth century. The Antica Zecca Foundation of Lucca returns to the memory of our origins and does so with an exhibition created thanks to Intesa Sanpaolo, which loaned specimens from its paper money collection entrusted to the Ivan Bruschi Foundation of Arezzo.
Autumn in the Garfagnana
An array of sagas and events happening in some of the lovely Garfagnana villages throughout the autumn.
Michelangelo & Power
Florence celebrates Michelangelo with the exhibition "Michelangelo and Power" at Palazzo Vecchio. The exhibition explores the relationship between the Renaissance genius and political, ecclesiastical and society of his time.
Hokusai Exhibit in Pisa
With over 200 works , including masterpieces never exhibited before, the HOKUSAI exhibition at Palazzo Blu in Pisa represents a unique opportunity to get to know the greatest exponent of Ukiyoe , the artistic movement linked to the lifestyle and tastes of the new emerging classes of the then city of Edo, now Tokyo.
Inside Klimt
The New Immersive Exhibition Gustav Klimt, the most famous of the founders of the Viennese Secession.
Anna Maria Frabriani
Anna Maria Fabriano 100 years old last June is the ’hidden painter’ who debuts to the public with a very large exposition of her work on Sunday November 10th at 5pm at the Palazzo delle Exposizioni in Piazza San Martino in Lucca.
Santa Claus' Cabin Christmas Fair in Pontedera
After the successes of Chianciano and Montecatini Terme, Santa Claus's cabin - together with its landlord and elf friends - moves to Pontedera, the city of the legendary Vespa, for the 11th edition.
Lucca Magico Natale
Lucca is proud to present the traditional market of “Lucca Magical Christmas”, which will take place in the splendid setting of Piazza Napoleone from November 23, 2024 to January 6, 2025. A magical event that will transform the heart of the city into an enchanted Christmas village, full of tradition and fun for adults and children.
Giacomo Puccini Manifesto
An unprecedented exhibition in Giacomo Puccini's hometown to celebrate his Genius one hundred years after his death. For the first time, the relationship between Giacomo Puccini and the advertising poster is on display: over 100 original posters tell the story of Puccini's life and the history of Italy. From historical to contemporary posters, fundamental works of European advertising graphics will be on display.
Lucca Comics and Games Art Exhibitions
To immerse oneself in beauty, to lose oneself in dreams, in very different images and worlds, to be able to experience the emotion of being a few steps away from original pieces that have made the History of comics and illustration worldwide.
The World I Would Like
In the recently restored rooms of Palazzo Guinigi, the Association of Lucca artists ArteinLucca, created to promote and enhance art in its many forms, presents the exhibition The world I would like, from 10 October to 3 November.
Exhibition “Marcello – The successful anti-star”
The exhibition is a tribute to one of the most famous Italian actors in the world, Marcello Mastroianni, whose centenary of his birth is celebrated this year (28 September 1924), extraordinary interpreter of some of Federico Fellini's masterpieces such as La Dolce Vita and 8 and a half, the first two films shot together, which changed the history of cinema and made Marcello an international star.
Burma the Art of Sawangwongdse
Sawang's work tells, through symbolic images, the harsh conflict between tyranny and democracy that has afflicted the Burmese people for years. The exhibition will also be an opportunity to admire a selection of works in which the artist compares himself with the European cultural tradition. From 21 September to 3 November 2024
Lucca & the Institutions
A journey into the heart of the political and institutional life of the city, which starts in 1949, the year in which Alcide Tosi, a student of the most successful photographers of the time, Benetti, Ghilardi and Cortopassi, opened his first photographic studio in via Fillungo, becoming well soon a point of reference for the local newspapers of the time
Belle Epoque Art Exhibition
In the exhibition rooms of Palazzo Cucchiari, 90 works to tell the story of the Belle Époque. In Carrara, until 27 October.
Concerts at the Botanical Garden
“The Singing Trees” concert series of the Luigi Boccherini Chamber Orchestra at the Botanical Garden.
Guided Tours under the Wall of Lucca
The Walls of Lucca are a unique reality in regard to European city planning and architecture. Built during the Renaissance, today, they are a leading example of Italian fortification. The guided 2 hour tour allows visitors to learn about the evolution of military engineering in Italy from the 13th to the 17th centuries.