** Museums: Franceschini, ‘new installations and lighting are fundamental elements’ **

“The installations for the exhibition of the works and for their lighting have become fundamental elements for museums and for their quality, in addition to the quantity and artistic value of the works on display”. This is what the Minister of Culture Dario Franceschini underlines to the AdnKronos, at the end of the visit to Palazzo Barberini of the new layout of the 16th century rooms of the National Gallery of Ancient Art. “The museum today is no longer a place that you just go to visit, but a place where you want to live an experience – explains Franceschini – and this is the commitment we have been carrying out for some years, to adapt to standards. international, to have in addition to the extraordinary collections also places that welcome children, cafes, restaurants, teaching aids, restoration centers, so that museums are living places “. As for the National Gallery of Ancient Art, the minister recalls that” some years Palazzo Barberini grows qualitatively, with new spaces after the agreement with the Ministry of Defense on the premises of the former officers’ club intended for museum use and with works recovered from deposits, acquisitions and new installations. Really great strides have been made! ” , concludes Dario Franceschini. (by Enzo Bonaiuto)