Spring in the air

From the San Michele Castle to the MAG Alto Garda Museum, to the Buonconsiglio Castle, the Muse, the Mart and much more: the cultural offer in Trentino is flowering these days

  

The museums are almost all open on Easter Day and Easter Monday, as well as on 25 April and 1 May. Yet, please note that the Tridentine Diocesan Museum will be closed on Easter Day.

What's more, on the next weekend the much appreciated rendez-vous with the the Castle Route Train “Trenino dei Castelli ” are starting again, and just a few days ago the Castel Valer  has been opened to the public (guided tours only) 

As to the castles, Castel Thun, Castel Caldes, and Stenico  are of course not to be missed, and in Trento, at the Buonconsiglio Castle, some few days are left to visit the exhibition Chiesa, Impero e turcherie. Giuseppe Alberti pittore e architetto nel Trentino barocco  (Church, Empire and Turquerie. Giuseppe Alberti, painter and architect of the Trentino Baroque movement).

At the Museo diocesano tridentino - The Tridentine diocesan museum, in piazza Duomo, the exhibition Fratelli e sorelle. Racconti dal carcere (Brothers and sisters: stories from the prison), introduces the visitor into a world apart which is the prison. A world of imagined or real spaces, inhabited or not, of silences, sounds, words, memories, voices and stories.

At the Muse, the exhibition Estinzioni (Extinctions) is part of an ambitious project that puts in relation the research and reflections on the sixth mass extinction - the ecological crisis we are experiencing - with the dynamics that characterized the five great paleontological extinctions occurred over the last 500 million years.

Don’t forget to visit in Trento Le Gallerie di Piedicastello, Fondazione museo storico del Trentino - Trentino history museum foundation, the Tunnels of Piedicastello. The 300 metre long Black Tunnel takes visitors into an immersive and dramatic journey from the Neolithic to the contemporary age with the exhibition Novembre 1966: storia della difesa del territorio in Trentino (November 1966: history of the defense of the terrirory in Trentino).

The Tunnels also host the exhibition Zhdat': dalle Alpi alla Siberia. Paesaggi di oggi, storie di ieri (1914-1920)  (Zhdat': from the Alps to Siberia. Today's landscapes, with yesterday's stories (1914-1920) which is worth seeing.

Forte Cadine is open too (from 15 April to 4 June: open on Saturday and Sunday from 10.00 to 18.00. Special openings: 17, 24 and 25 April; 1 May; 2 June).

The S.A.S.S. Spazio Archeologico Sotterraneo del Sas (Tridentum. S.A.S.S. - Underground Archaeological Site SASS) is open all days, also on Easter Monday (9-13/14-17.30) and it's possible to visit the exhibition Ostriche e vino. In cucina con gli antichi romani (Oysters and wine: in the kitchen with the Ancient Romans), which gives us a glimpse on food culture in ancient times along the river Adige, with finds from the archaeological investigations in Trentino.

The Museo Retico (the Rhaetian Museum) and the Museo delle Palafitte di Fiavé (Museum of Pile dwellings of Fiavé) are open on 15, 16, 17 April from 14.00 to 18.00.

Don't miss the Museo degli usi e costumi della gente trentina  (Museum of the habits and customs of the people of Trentino) in San Michele all’Adige: it deserves our attention with its almost 9.000 manufactured items dedicated to the rural life in the Trentino mountains; it is considered one of the most important museums of folk life and crafts in Italy, and is one of the largest of its kind in the Alpine range.(http://www.museosanmichele.it/informazioni/orario-e-tariffe ).

South of Trento, a lot of surprises are waiting for us at the Mart  of Rovereto as well as at the Casa d’arte futurista Depero and Galleria Civica di Trento, respectively with the exhibitions: Words and Stars. Grazia Toderi and Orhan Pamuk; Performance. Private body and social body  and Almanacco 70. Architecture and Abstraction .

Then, with Altitudini della visione. Il digradare del paesaggio dalle Alpi al Garda. Fotografie 1880-1930 (Altitudes of vision. The softening of the landscape from Alps to Garda | Photographies 1880-1930), with La figurazione del paesaggio. Affinità di vedute in Pinacoteca (Figuring landscape. Affinities of views in the Pinacoteca) and with an exhibition and research programme that flows into the project Segantini and Arco, the Museo Alto Garda  lets its Spring proposals bloom in its two museums of Riva and Arco (orari ).

Last but not least, Arte Sella  will welcome us with its open air encounter between nature and art!

Happy Easter holidays to everybody!

 

 

 

 

 

 

11/04/2017

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see also

The Mag Alto Garda museum's Spring

The Mag focuses on the landscape with a new exhibition and exhibition itinerary across the museum's collections.

November 1966. History of the defence of the land in Trentino

Last week to visit this exhibition, which takes visitors on an immersive journey from the Neolithic to the present. 

Buonconsiglio Castle

The Buonconsiglio Castle is the largest and most important monumental complex of the Trentino Alto Adige region. It was the residence of the prince-bishops of Trento from the 13th century to the end of the 18th century. Castelvecchio is the oldest nucleus; the Magno Palazzo is the 16th century expansion and is one of the most sumptuous Renaissance-style palaces in Italy.

Mart - Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Rovereto - Rovereto

Futurism, Pop Art, Realism and great exhibitions: Mart in Rovereto is one of the most interesting museums on the Italian scene. It was designed by Swiss architect Mario Botta, with the collaboration of Rovereto-based engineer Giulio Andreolli. Every year the Museum holds one large exhibition and several temporary shows, and provides a range of interesting educational activities.

Muse - Science Museum

The Renzo Piano-designed project puts Trento on the international map. Far more than a science museum, this is a bold statement of intent. Expect a major visitor attraction, a multimedia experience and a beacon of scientific excellence. The exhibitions favour a hands-on approach to science, at once educational but engaging. Inaugurated in 2013, the museum explores the relationship between nature, science and society and also considers the impact of science on everyday life.

METS - Trentino Ethnographic Museum

The METS - Museo etnografico Trentino San Michele | Trentino Ethnographic Museum of San Michele, founded by Giuseppe Šebesta in 1968, is one of the most distinguished Italian museums of popular traditions.