Happy Birthday Castelvecchio!

This year marks the anniversary of the museum's inauguration, which took place a hundred years ago on April 25, 1926, in the presence of King Vittorio Emanuele III. 

The Castelvecchio Museum celebrates its first century of life (1926–2026) with a program of initiatives that intertwine memory, innovation, and vision for the future: an important milestone for one of Verona's most beloved and iconic places, where the medieval history of the Scaligeri has been dialoguing for a century with masterpieces of Italian and European art.

The celebrations take shape through concrete interventions in the spaces and the visiting experience: from the new lighting proposal in the Mantegna Hall to the arrival of illustrious loans, from thematic paths to planned restorations, from the rearrangement of the rooms to archaeological investigations, the centenary is also an opportunity to open new perspectives on the heritage, with cultural activities, guided tours, educational initiatives, and moments of encounter that will enliven the museum throughout 2026, to experience the first hundred years of Castelvecchio not as a destination point, but as a premise for a new beginning.

Program:

Wednesday, April 22, at 12:00
Regge Hall

Centenary Inauguration with:

- Guests for the Centenary. Wooden Masterpieces at the Dawn of the Renaissance
- thematic pathway A museum, a statue. From the arrangement of 1926 to Cangrande according to Carlo Scarpa

Friday, April 24, at 16:00

guided tours by reservation*
 - Not Just the Middle Ages: Discovering the Rooms of 18th Century Baroque

Saturday, April 25, from 10:00 to 22:00

extraordinary opening of the Museum until 22:00
entrance at €1 for the entire day, from 18:00 to 22:00 tickets only online at museiverona.com

guided tours by reservation*
11:00 - Perspective, Light, and Color: Renaissance Works
15:00 - The Great Protagonists: Antonio Avena and Carlo Scarpa
18:00 - Wood, Marble, and Pigments: The Medieval Masterpieces of Castelvecchio
20:00 - Not Just the Middle Ages: Discovering the Rooms of 18th Century Baroque

Sunday, April 26

guided tours by reservation*
11:00 - Testimonies of Antonio Avena and Carlo Scarpa
15:00 - Talking Walls: from the Avenian Castle to the Scarpa Arrangement

Saturday, May 9, at 11:30
Boggian Hall - Castelvecchio Museum

Conference with Stefano Zuffi for the Books and Roses review
Bernardo Bellotto and the View of Verona with Castelvecchio and the Scaliger Bridge
Mandatory reservation via email at musei@comune.verona.it

Saturday, May 16, from 18:00 to 22:00

European Museum Night
Extraordinary opening of the Castelvecchio Museum until 22:00

Tuesday, June 16, at 17:00
Galtarossa Hall - “G.B. Cavalcaselle” Frescoes Museum at Juliet's Tomb

Conference with Denis Ton
New Perspectives on the 16th and 17th Centuries. A Rearrangement at the Castelvecchio Museum

Tuesday, June 23, at 17:00
Galtarossa Hall - “G.B. Cavalcaselle” Frescoes Museum at Juliet's Tomb 

Conference with Luca Fabbri, Fabio Saggioro, Elisa Lerco, Filippo Bricolo
The Excavation of the Church of San Martino in Aquaro at Castelvecchio