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The Cross Year of the Museums of Russia and Italy started on Thursday, September 30, TASS reports. The ceremony took place in Milan. The ministers of culture of both countries Olga Lyubimova and Dario Franceschini became its guests of honor.
According to Lyubimova, museums help to preserve eternal values in a rapidly changing world. She has no doubts that museums play an important role in the public life of Russia and Italy. The event was called a summit for a reason, Lyubimova added, as museum projects determine the policy in the cultural sphere.
Dario Franceschini recalled that museums had a hard time during the epidemic. According to him, after the end of the coronavirus pandemic, people will feel the need to return to theaters and museums.
Moscow will present over 30 events in 2021–2022 within the Russian-Italian Cross Year of Museums. The program will include large-scale meetings of museum specialists. Since the beginning of the year, leading Russian museums have opened exhibitions of masterpieces from Italian collections. The day before, an exhibition dedicated to the anniversary of Fyodor Dostoevsky began working in Milan.
Events related to the Cross Year of Museums are planned in many cities in the country, including Rome, Naples and Venice. A museum road-show is scheduled for tomorrow, it will be held in Calabria, Italy.
Russkiy Mir
