Overview
- Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli selected seasoned experts to lead first-tier museums across Italy in a coordinated leadership reshuffle announced July 17
- Andreina Contessa will head both the Galleria dell’Accademia di Firenze and Musei del Bargello after directing regional museums in Friuli Venezia Giulia
- Francesco Sirano, former two-term director of the Parco Archeologico di Ercolano, takes the helm of the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
- Federica Rinaldi assumes leadership of the Museo Nazionale Romano and Paola D’Agostino becomes director of the Musei Reali di Torino
- Simone Quilici completes the slate as new director of the Parco Archeologico del Colosseo with a mandate to rebalance tourist flows and reinforce ties with the city