Every Thursday, starting from May 18, guided tours to the Deposito dei Beni Culturali di Santo Chiodo (Santo Chiodo cultural heritage Repository) on the occasion of the Tesori dalla Valnerina (Treasures from Valnerina) exhibition.
Visits at 15.00 and 16.00, with compulsory reservation before 12.00 on Thursday.
Accompanied by an art historian, participants will be able to admire the repository, a place where artworks are temporarily welcomed and “cured” in order to return them to their places of origin within the shortest possible time. The repository houses more than 5000 works of historical and artistic importance, books and historical documents that were recovered from the damages caused by the Central Italy earthquake of 2016 . The safeguard measures that the Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape of Umbria has planned with the Opificio delle Pietre Dure of Florence will concern in a year the largest possible number of works among those sheltered at the Santo Chiodo Repository, according to a logic of’ prompt intervention’ on the most serious damages, in order to stop the process of degradation. These operations are accompanied by an accurate work of indexing and cataloguing. A true heritage to safeguard.
During the visit, the guide will explain the work of recovering as well as the functions and characteristics of the repository itself. The visit also includes the entrance to the restoration workshop where restorers will explain phases, techniques and procedures of these delicate interventions.
Participation fee: € 6
50% of the proceeds will contribute to the restoration of the artworks damaged by the earthquake.
Information and reservations:
Sistema Museo
Phone 0743.224952 – 340.5510813
spoleto@sistemamuseo.it
