Conferenze dei Musei Civici di Verona

The conference cycle of the Civic Museums is starting again, with the support of the Friends of the Civic Museums of Verona. The project continues a fifty-year tradition of dialogue between research, heritage, and citizenship, offering thematic insights, presentations of books, and sharing of exhibition and research projects.

The calendar spans from November 2025 to June 2026 with three exceptional locations: the meetings will take place in the Sala Scacchi at the Achille Forti Modern Art Gallery, in the "Sandro Ruffo" Room at the Natural History Museum, and in the Galtarossa Room at the "G.B. Cavalcaselle" Fresco Museum.

Program:

November 4, 2025, at 5:00 PM, Galtarossa Room, "G.B. Cavalcaselle" Fresco Museum
Amphitheaters. Monumental legacies and contemporary functions. The case of the Colosseum
Barbara Nazzaro, MiC Archaeological Park of the Colosseum

November 14, 2025, at 5:00 PM, Galtarossa Room, "G.B. Cavalcaselle" Fresco Museum
Places, memories, and collections from the Renaissance to the Twentieth Century
Presentation of Verona Illustrata 2024
Elena Lissoni, Art Historian

November 27, 2025, at 5:00 PM, Scacchi Room, Achille Forti Modern Art Gallery
CONTEMPORARY NON-STOP. The breath of nature | EARTH
Patrizia Nuzzo, Achille Forti Modern Art Gallery
Francesco Sandroni, MARCOROSSI Contemporary Art

December 2, 2025, at 5:00 PM, Galtarossa Room, "G.B. Cavalcaselle" Fresco Museum
From coin to marble: the faces of Roman emperors in Veronese Renaissance
Raffaella Bucolo, University of Verona

December 5, 2025, at 4:30 PM, "Sandro Ruffo" Room, Natural History Museum
Francesco Zorzi & Franco Mezzena. A journey between Verona and Aosta in the name of research and memory
Presentation of the volume Francesco Zorzi (1900-1964). The man and the scholar edited by Massimo Saracino

Massimo Tarantini, SABAP for the metropolitan city of Florence and the province of Prato

Followed by a screening of the docu-film Franco Mezzena. Archaeology told with the smile of N. Castangia and A. Fenu, winner of the Florence Archeofilm 2024 Award given by the public.

Franco Nicolis, formerly Archaeological Goods Office Autonomous Province of Trento
Alessandra Armirotti,Soprintendenza for cultural heritage and activities of Valle d'Aosta - memory sent, will be read in the hall
Nicola Castangia and Andrea Fenu - video message
Marcello Mezzena, son of Franco

January 22, 2026, at 5:00 PM, Scacchi Room, Achille Forti Modern Art Gallery
Creative intersections: when technology meets tradition
CONTEMPORARY NON-STOP. The breath of nature | EARTH
Cristina Morato,Galleria La Giarina Contemporary Art
Roberta Tosi,Art historian and critic
Davide Maria Coltro,GAM Artist
Silvano Tessarollo,La Giarina Contemporary Art Artist

January 27, 2026, at 5:00 PM, "Sandro Ruffo" Room, Natural History Museum
The power of machines: history of automation and governance of technology
Luca Ciancio, University of Verona

February 10, 2026, at 5:00 PM, Galtarossa Room, "G.B. Cavalcaselle" Fresco Museum
Olympic ideals in classical art
Monica Baggio, University of Padua

February 17, 2026, at 5:00 PM, "Sandro Ruffo" Room, Natural History Museum
Alien species on the move: stories and impacts on natural ecosystems
Piero Genovesi, Higher Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Rome

February 26, 2026, at 5:00 PM, Scacchi Room, Achille Forti Modern Art Gallery
AI in contemporary art
CONTEMPORARY NON-STOP. The breath of nature | EARTH
Alice Barale, University of Milan
Patrizia Nuzzo, Achille Forti Modern Art Gallery
Debora Hirsch, GAM Artist
Giuliana Cunéaz, GAM Artist

March 17, 2026, at 5:00 PM, Galtarossa Room, "G.B. Cavalcaselle" Fresco Museum
Ancient statuary in Verona. Contexts and collecting
Margherita Bolla, formerly Civic Museums of Verona
Luigi Sperti, Ca' Foscari University of Venice

March 24, 2026, at 5:00 PM, "Sandro Ruffo" Room, Natural History Museum
When tectonic activity shapes the earth's surface: the landscape as an archive of short and long-term geological processes
Pierfrancesco Burrato, National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Rome

March 26, 2026, at 5:00 PM, Scacchi Room, Achille Forti Modern Art Gallery
The study of Colle. Guido Trentini and Angelo Zamboni
Laura Lorenzoni, Art Historian
Isabella Brezigar, Achille Forti Modern Art Gallery
Patrizia Nuzzo, Achille Forti Modern Art Gallery

April 14, 2026, at 5:00 PM, Galtarossa Room, "G.B. Cavalcaselle" Fresco Museum
Giovanni Agostino da Lodi. A traveling painter between Leonardo and Giorgione
Maria Cristina Passoni, Pinacoteca di Brera
Cristina Quattrini, Pinacoteca di Brera

April 21, 2026, at 5:00 PM, "Sandro Ruffo" Room, Natural History Museum
Mobility and social differentiation among Celtic populations of the Iron Age on both sides of the Alps
Zita Laffranchi, University of Córdoba
Marco Milella, University of Pisa

May 26, 2026, at 5:00 PM, Galtarossa Room, "G.B. Cavalcaselle" Fresco Museum
Surprise conference

May 28, 2026, at 5:00 PM, Scacchi Room, Achille Forti Modern Art Gallery
Alik Cavaliere - Story, myth, magic
Fania Cavaliere, Alik Cavaliere Archive
Alberto Fiz, Art Critic
Patrizia Nuzzo, Achille Forti Modern Art Gallery

June 9, 2026, at 5:00 PM, Galtarossa Room, "G.B. Cavalcaselle" Fresco Museum
Scaliger excavations. An urban area from research to enhancement
Marco Borsotti, Polytechnic University of Milan
Brunella Bruno, ABAP Superintendency of Verona, Rovigo, and Vicenza

June 16, 2026, at 5:00 PM, Galtarossa Room, "G.B. Cavalcaselle" Fresco Museum
New perspectives on the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. A reinstallation at the Castelvecchio Museum
Denis Ton, Museum of Buonconsiglio Castle in Trento

June 23, 2026, at 5:00 PM, Galtarossa Room, "G.B. Cavalcaselle" Fresco Museum
The excavation of the church of San Martino in Aquaro
Luca Fabbri, Castelvecchio Museum
Fabio Saggioro, University of Verona
Elisa Lerco, University of Verona
Filippo Bricolo, Polytechnic University of Milan - Mantova Territorial Pole