Conferences of the Civic Museums of Verona

The cycle of conferences promoted by the Civic Museums of Verona is back, this year subtitled "Conversations on archaeology, art, and science". The project continues a fifty-year tradition of dialogue between research, heritage, and citizenship, offering thematic insights, presentations of volumes, and sharing of exhibition and research projects. The organization of the program relies, as per tradition, on the support of the Friends of the Civic Museums of Verona and the collaboration of the Department of Culture and Civilization at the University of Verona.

The calendar runs from October to December 2026 with three exceptional locations: the meetings will be held in the "Sala Scacchi" at the Achille Forti Gallery of Modern Art, in the "Sala Sandro Ruffo" at the Natural History Museum, and in the "Sala Galtarossa" at the G.B. Cavalcaselle Museum of Frescoes. 
The meetings will continue in the following months with new appointments until spring 2027, but these will be communicated at a later date.

Program:

Tuesday, October 6, 2026, at 5:00 p.m., Sala Ruffo, Natural History Museum
Origins of the Maffeiano Lapidary Museum: from the collections of the Philharmonic Academy to Scipione Maffei
Alfredo Buonopane, Department of Cultures and Civilizations at the University of Verona

Thursday, October 22, 2026, at 5:00 p.m., Sala Scacchi, Achille Forti Gallery of Modern Art
From collecting to public heritage: the sketch by Mario Salazzari for the Victory Bridge
Camilla Bertoni, Art Historian
Gabriella Bologna, Art Historian 
Patrizia Nuzzo, Art Historian, former Achille Forti Gallery of Modern Art
Isabella Brezigar, Achille Forti Gallery of Modern Art

Tuesday, November 3, 2026, at 5:00 p.m., Sala Galtarossa, G.B. Cavalcaselle Museum of Frescoes
Painted Armories: painting in the sound space of the Renaissance
Laura Moretti, School of Art History, University of St Andrews, UK

Tuesday, November 17, 2026, at 5:00 p.m., Sala Galtarossa, G.B. Cavalcaselle Museum of Frescoes
Reflections, discoveries, and new readings of the artistic heritage of Verona
Presentation of Verona Illustrata. Journal of the Castelvecchio Museum 2025
Alessandro Martoni, Civic Museum of Palazzo Chiericati - Civic Museums of Vicenza

Thursday, December 10 and Friday, December 11, 2026, Sala Sandro Ruffo, Natural History Museum
150 years since the Veronese Prehistoric Exhibition: from the past to the future of paleoethnology
Three sessions are planned:
- Prehistoric exhibitions at the origins of paleoethnology in Italy: cultural contexts, institutions, and protagonists
- The Veronese prehistoric exhibition of 1876: planning, content, protagonists, meanings, and impacts
- The long legacy of the Exhibition: collections, research, and perspectives of paleoethnology

Tuesday, December 22, 2026, at 5:00 p.m., Sala Sandro Ruffo, Natural History Museum
Quinzano 1: analysis and interpretation of an ancient human remain
Irene Dori, University of Florence
Tommaso Mori, University of Florence