High visitor turnout at Italian museums, art galleries and archaeological parks

"State museums, art galleries and archaeological parks are an incredible attraction that, even on this free Sunday, have attracted visitors and tourists from all over Italy," says the satisfied Minister of Culture, Gennaro Sangiuliano, who today visited the Boncompagni Ludovisi museum for decorative arts, costume and fashion of the 19th and 20th centuries, and in the evening released preliminary data on admissions registered throughout Italy, on the first Sunday of the month which allows free admission. The Colosseum is in the lead with 19,728 tickets issued, followed by the archaeological park of Pompeii with 13,814 and the Royal Palace of Caserta with 13,258. Then, the Pantheon: 11,536 visitors; the Uffizi: 9,001; the Roman Forum and Palatine: 8,994; while the Castel Sant'Elmo and Museum of the Twentieth Century in Naples reaches 6,772, just before the Royal Palace of Naples with 6,446 admissions. Pitti Palace counts 6,267, the Royal Museums of Turin 6,179; the Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence 5,550. And the Mann 5,550; before the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, 5,528, and the National Museum of Castel Sant'Angelo, 4,911. Also: the Charterhouse and Museum of San Martino, 4,205; Villa d'Este, 4,202; Capodimonte Museum 3,396; Villa Adriana 3,214; Bargello Museums and Medici Chapels 2,900; National Galleries of Ancient Art with Palazzo Barberini 2,623; while the archaeological park of Paestum and Velia reach 2,486 visitors, the monumental complex of the Pilotta 2,221; the Ducal Palace of Mantua 2,197; and the National Roman Museum with the Baths of Diocletian 2,122. The list is closed by: the Pinacoteca di Brera, 2,119; the archaeological park of Herculaneum, 2,098; the National Roman Museum - Palazzo Massimo, 2,060; the Baths of Caracalla, 2,014; the Borghese Gallery, 1,930; Palazzo Farnese in Caprarola, 1,881; the historical museum and the park of Miramare Castle, 1,867. And the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice with 1,729 visitors; the National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia with 1,667; the National Roman Museum - Palazzo Altemps with 1,396; the national picture gallery of Bologna with 1,242; the Spada Gallery with 1,160 free tickets; the National Museum of Abruzzo with 1,133; the Bargello Museums with 1,110; and the National Archaeological Museum of Taranto with 1,021; the Museum of Civilizations with 1,016 admissions; and the archaeological park of the Phlegraean Fields with 1,005. To these data are added the 18,169 visitors of the Vittoriano and Palazzo Venezia and the 6,433 of the Uffizi Galleries - Boboli Garden.