Pesaro 2024. Easter between museums and exhibitions: from Friday 29 March to Monday 1 April museums and monuments open.

From Friday 29 March to Easter Monday, 4 continuous days of openings a Palazzo Mosca-Civic Museums with splendid collections of ceramics, paintings and decorative arts, Rossini House where you can breathe the special atmosphere of the composer's birthplace, al Rossini National Museum for a 360° journey into the world of genius and more Diocesan Museum which testifies, with archaeological finds and historical-artistic assets, the work of the Pesaro church over time. Thursday 28 March, the fourth Thursday of the month, will open to the public Civic Museums of Palazzo Ciacchi with the renewed exhibition offering paintings, ceramics and decorative arts from the Palazzo Mosca deposits. Thursday 28th and Saturday 30th March visits to the Doge's Palace to learn about the building that tells the story of the lordships of Pesaro.

Rich section for archaeology, always open to visitors from Friday 29 March to Monday 1 April. At Palazzo Almerici, you visit the Oliverian Archaeological Museum cwhich documents a thousand years of history - from the Piceno period to the late imperial age - and is divided into four sections: the Piceno necropolis of Novilara, the lucus pisaurensis, the municipality of Pisaurum and the eighteenth-century collections. In the'archaeological area of ​​via dell'Abbondanza you can admire the remains of a noble residence from the early imperial age, richly decorated with mosaics. In the heart of San Bartolo Park the Colombarone area – with its Antiquarium – preserves the remains of a rich late-imperial residence on whose structures, starting from the mid-6th century AD, the Christian complex of the basilica of San Cristoforo ad Aquilam was established.

In the Pesaro Museums circuit there are also perfect places for two-wheel enthusiasts, with and without engine: from Friday to Monday doors open to Palazzo Gradari Bicycle Museum with 40 racing bikes in a chronological excursus from 1930 until today with the glorious history of the sustainable means of transport par excellence. In via Mameli, in the historic headquarters of Benelli, on Sunday and Monday we visit the Officine Benelli Museum with its precious collection of 150 motorcycles of the brand that made Pesaro great 'Land of riders and engines'.

Exhibitions

And then a decidedly varied choice of exhibitions. At Palazzo Mosca double offer for lovers of painting and ceramics: in the mezzanine, Mario Logli. Guardian of beauty, monographic – whose catalog will be presented on Saturday 30 March – dedicated to one of the most active and appreciated protagonists on the artistic scene of the second half of the twentieth century who was able to preserve the traditions and history of his land and interpret the most complex challenges of contemporaneity. The most iconic works of a long career are on display. In the project room, The rebirth of majolica in Pesaro from Historicism to Art Deco with majolica and terracottas from the deposits of the Civic Museums from the period from 1870 to the late deco. At the Pescheria Visual Arts Center, 'Sculptures in the City' 1971/2024. From the public art of Arnaldo Pomodoro to the urban space of ten young authors, first stage of the Pesaro 2024 project 'From sculptures in the city to community art' which arises from the memory of the historic exhibition 'Arnaldo Pomodoro: Sculptures in the city 1971': in the loggia, two sculptures by Pomodoro and archive materials to delve deeper into the work of one of the greatest Italian artists, in the Suffragio church the proposals of ten authors under 35. Lo blank space – headquarters of the Pescheria Foundation dedicated to photography and images -, welcomes 'Everything hides a secret. New shots' with the recent work of Maria Letizia Morini from Pesaro, an artist with Down syndrome who began photographing at the age of ten. At the Rossini Gallery, the fifth edition of the collective art exhibition that showcases painters, sculptors and ceramists from Pesaro 'Solidarity Art', a project born in 2019 on the initiative of the voluntary association 'Solidarity Platform'. Allo TORRSO space, the exhibition 'Body Environment' by Michele Cotelli and Giulia Seri, the second appointment of the UN/NATURAL exhibition in which the new gallery in the historic center opens its doors and its basements to give life to an organic installation, a corpus of images and scenarios.

There is no shortage of activities on Easter theme: Thursday 28 March (16.30 pm) ai Civic Museums, the treasure hunt with a small final workshop 'He who seeks finds... eggs!', recommended for ages 5 to 9. Cost 4 euros, reservation required (0721 387541). Sunday 31 March (16.30 pm), on Rossini National Museum offers a guided tour “Rossini and Easter: the maestro between music and biographical events”, structured as an anthology of curiosities relating to the Christian solemnity that celebrates the resurrection of Jesus, including opera, sacred compositions and biographical events of the great master Gioachino Rossini; included in the entrance ticket, reservations recommended (0721 192 2156).

MUSEUMS, MONUMENTS, ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS AND EXHIBITIONS

Palazzo Ciacchi (via Cattaneo 34)
Thursday 28 March 15-18.30pm
Free admission, reservations required; info: 0721 3831 info@museopalazzociacchi.it

Guided tours of the Doge's Palace (Piazza del Popolo)
Thursday 28 March 16pm (45 minutes)
Saturday 30 March 10.30 am (1 hour and a half)
reservation required, entry with Card Pesaro Capitale, free up to 18 years and for holders of the Family Card of the Municipality of Pesaro
Info 0721387541 palazzoducale@pesaromusei.it

Palazzo Mosca – Civic Museums (Moscow square 29) / Rossini House (via Rossini 34)
Friday 29 March – Monday 1 April 10am-13pm / 15.30pm-18.30pm
entry with Card Pesaro Capitale, free up to 18 years old and holders of the Family Card of the Municipality of Pesaro
info 0721 387541-357 info@pesaromusei.it

Rossini National Museum (Palazzo Montani Antaldi, via Passeri 72)
Friday 29 March – Monday 1 April: 10am-13pm / 15pm-18pm
paid entry, free up to 18 years old and for holders of the Family Card of the Municipality of Pesaro; info Museum System 0721 1922156 www.museonazionalerossini.it

Oliveriano Archaeological Museum (Palazzo Almerici, via Mazza 97)
Friday 29 March – Monday 1 April 15.30pm -18.30pm
Admission with the Pesaro Capitale Card is free for children under 18 and holders of the Pesaro Municipality Family Card. Tel. 0721 33344 info@pesaromusei.it.

Archaeological area of ​​Via dell'Abbondanza
Friday 29 March – Monday 1 April 10.30am-12.30pm / 15.30pm-17.30pm
entry with Card Pesaro Capitale, free up to 18 years and holders of the Family Card of the Municipality of Pesaro 0721 387541

Colombarone archaeological area and antiquarium (San Cristoforo road 136)
Friday 29 March – Monday 1 April 10am-13pm
Admission with the Pesaro Capitale Card, free for children under 18 and holders of the Pesaro Municipality Family Card. For information, call 0721 387541 or info@pesaromusei.it

Bicycle Museum (Palazzo Gradari, via Rossini)
Friday 29 March – Monday 1 April 10am-13pm / 15.30pm-18.30pm
Entrance with the Pesaro Capitale Card, free for children under 18 and holders of the Pesaro Municipality Family Card, 0721 387541 info@pesaromusei.it

Diocesan Museum (Palazzo Lazzarini, via Rossini)
Friday 29 March – Monday 1 April 15.30pm-18.30pm
Paid admission, info 0721 371219 museo@arcidiocesipesaro.it

Washington Patrignani Maritime Museum (Villa Molaroni, viale Pola)
Friday 29 March 15-19pm
closed: March 30, Easter and Easter Monday
free entry tel 0721 35588

Officine Benelli Museum (via Mameli)
Sunday 31 March and Monday 1 April 16pm – 19pm
Entry with Pesaro Capitale Card, free up to 18 years old
tel 0721 31508 Officinebenelli@hotmail.it

Exhibitions

Palazzo Mosca – Civic Museums
< Mario Logli. Keeper of beauty, edited by Anna Maria Ambrosini Massari and Mattia Giancarli
Saturday 30 March at 17pm, presentation of the exhibition catalogue
< The rebirth of majolica in Pesaro from Historicism to Art Deco edited by Federico Malaventura
Friday 29 March – Monday 1 April 10am-13pm / 15.30pm-18.30pm
entry with Card Pesaro Capitale, free up to 18 years old and holders of the Family Card of the Municipality of Pesaro, info 0721 387541

Pescheria Visual Arts Center
Sculptures in the City 1971/2024. From the public art of Arnaldo Pomodoro to the urban space of ten young authors
edited by Pippo Ciorra, Michele Giorgi, Carola Nava
Friday 29 March – Monday 1 April 10am-13pm, 15pm-30pm
entry with Card Pesaro Capitale, free up to 18 years old and holders of the Family Card of the Municipality of Pesaro, info 0721 387541

Everything hides a secret. New shots' Staff of Maria Letizia Morini edited by Giorgio Donini
white space, via Zongo 45
opening hours: Friday 29 March - Monday 1 April 17pm-20pm
free entry

UN/NATURAL#2 Body Environment
Michele Cotelli – Giulia Seri, edited by Francesca Cerfeda and Claudia Di Francesco
TORRSO space, via Spada 28
Saturday 30 March 9am-12pm
free entry, info 349 1021902

Solidarity Art V Collective Art Exhibition
Rossini Gallery, via Rossini 38
Friday 29 March – 1 April 10am-13pm, 15.30pm-18.30pm
free entry, info 0721 387541

Activities

Thursday 28 March at 16.30pm Civic Museums
'He who seeks finds... eggs!' treasure hunt with a small final workshop 'He who seeks finds... eggs!'
recommended for ages 5 to 9, cost 4 euros, reservations required 0721 387541

Sunday 31 March at 16.30pm Rossini National Museum
guided tour “Rossini and Easter: the maestro between music and biographical events”
Included in the admission ticket, reservations recommended; 0721 1922156 info@museonazionalerossini.it