Night of museums

Art, Creativity, Culture
Night of museums
- 95100 - Catania
On 16 December 2017
095 742 8008

Saturday, December 16th it is again the Night of Museums, among lights and Christmas decorations.

Among the many initiatives which animates the city centre of Catania during Christmas holiday, there is the long night devoted to culture: the unmissable night of museums. A night that gives you the possibility of visit museums and historic sites of the city.

THE PROGRAMME

Starting at h. 19.00

Enjoy it free:

  • Palazzo della Cultura (Via Vittorio Emanuele 121)
  • Chiesa di S. Giovanni Battista (Via Francesco Rancore)
  • Chiesa di S. Camillo dei Mercedari  (Via Crociferi)
  • Chiesa  S. Sebastiano (Piazza Federico secondo di Svevia)
  • Chiesa-oratorio S. Filippo Neri (via Teatro Greco 32)
  • Chiesa San Nicolò l’Arena (ingresso libero Chiesa )
  • Autobooks comunale

By payment:

Palazzo della Cultura – Via Vittorio Emanuele, 121

Free entrance at the the exhibitions:
–“SOFT WALL” – of Pablo Echaurren, cured by Francesca Mezzano, and Fondazione Terzo Pilastro di Roma.
Free guided visits by reservation only calling the number 331/9178544 – h 20.00/21.00/22.00/23.00
– “DISTRESS” by Rasta Safari, cured by Beniamin Arte

You can also visit:
– “ Icona votiva di Sant’Agata” made by Salvo Ligama
–  Fixed installations in the Torre Saracena

 

Castello Ursino – Piazza Federico di Svevia
Opening: 19.00 – 24.00 (last ticket at 23.00)
Cost: € 7,00

You can visit the exhibitions:

  • I tesori nascosti, da Giotto a De Chirico (guided visits by reservations only at 19.30 and 21.30. Call +39 366 870 8671 – Associazione Guide Turistiche Catania). Cost: € 3,50
  • The treasure of Ursino Castle
  • Exhibition “Voci di Pietra” (Stone voices) 35 epigraphs of the collection of Ursino Castle.

Bellini and Emilio Greco museum – Piazza S. Francesco d’Assisi, 3
Opening from 19.00 to 24.00 (last entrance at 23.30)
Cost: € 1,00
Guided visits by Associazione Guide Catania from 19.00 to 23.00
Cost: € 2,00

Chiesa Monumentale di San Nicolò l’Arena, Piazza Dante
from 19.00 to 24.00
Free entrance to the church
Guided visit cured by Associazione Guide Turistiche Catania from 19.00 to 23.00 (cost € 1,00 + ticket for the visit of the gronda € 1,00)
h 21.00 Concert “UNFORGETTABLE CHRISTMAS”
by Giuseppe Lentini, cured by Associazione Culturale Inside Produzioni.
Cost: € 10,00

Terme Achilliane, Piazza Duomo
from 19.00 to 24.00 (last entrance at 23.30)
Cost: € 1,00
Ticket available at Diocesan Museum or in front of the entrance of the Thermae.

Museo Diocesano, Piazza Duomo
from 19.00 to 24.00 (last entrance at 23.30)
Cost: € 2,00

Chiesa e Cripta di S. Gaetano alle Grotte, piazza Carlo Alberto
from 19.00 to 23.30 (last entrance at 23.00)
Cost: € 1,00

Badia di S. Agata, via Vittorio Emanuele
from 19.00 to 24.00 (last entrance at 23.45)
You can visit the dome and the terraces
Cost: € 2,00
There will be shown the Christmas crib of all over the world
Cost: € 1,00

Greek Theatre – via Vittorio Emanuele,266
From 19.00 to 22.00
Reduced ticket: € 3,00

Casa Museo G. Verga
from 19.00 to 22.00
Cost: € 2,00

Santuario Sant’Agata al Carcere, Piazza S. Carcere, 7
from 19.00 to 24.00. Guided visits every 20 minutes, vured by Associazione Etna ‘ngeniousa
Cost: € 3.00
Info: carceresantagata@gmail.com or +39 338 1441760

Chiesa San Biagio in Sant’Agata alla fornace, piazza Stesicoro
From 20.00 to 24.00
Cost: € 1,00

Basilica Maria SS. Annunziata al Carmine, Piazza Carlo Alberto (fera o luni).
from 19.00 to 24.00
Cost of the guided visit: € 1,00 by reservation only
Cost: € 1,00
Info: +39 349 4321349

Chiesa di S. Giovanni Battista (via Francesco Rancore)
from 19.00 to 24.00

Chiesa di S. Camillo dei Mercedari  (via Crociferi)
from 19.00 to 24.00

Chiesa-oratorio S. Filippo Neri (via Teatro Greco, 32)
from 19.00 to 24.00
It will be possible to visit the eighteenth-century church, the cloister, the theatre and the tower from which you can admire the overview of Catania.

Monastero dei Benedettini (Piazza Dante)
from 20.30 to 23.30, guided visits every 30 minutes.
Cost: € 5,00 by reservation only calling  095 7102767 -334 9242464
Cured by Officine Culturali.

Chiesa S. Sebastiano ( Piazza Federico II di Svevia)
from 19.00 to 24.00
You can visit the sacresty and the “casa del Fercolo”, where it is hosted the “fercolo” of st. Sebastiano and one of the twelve “candelore” of st. Agatha.

Teatro Massimo Vincenzo Bellini
from 19.00 to 23.00 – guided visit by reservation only calling +39 3442249701 or writing an email to guidect.eventi@gmail.com
Cured by Associazione Guide Turistiche Catania
Cost: € 5,00

Cripta di S. Euplio
from 19.00 to 23.00. Guided visits every 30 minutes
Cost: € 1,00 Entrance and guided visit. Reservation calling +39 3333860674 or writing an email to guidect.eventi@gmail.com

Herborarium Museum, via Crociferi n. 16
“Ettore Majorana. Mistero di un genio catanese” by and with Rodolfo Torrisi
h 22:30-23.30
Cost: €10,00
Reservations: calling +39 348 7291903 – +39 349 5397736 or writing an email to museo.herborarium@gmail.com

Palazzo Valle
from 19.00 to 24.00 – last ticket at 23.00
Reduced ticket: € 7,00
You can visit the exhibition “Vivian Maier”

Autobooks – piazza Università
From 19.00 to 24.00

Polo Tattile Multimediale della Stamperia Braille
from 17.00 to 22.00 (last entrance at 21.00)
Visit of the Sensory garden
Cost: € 2,5
Free for disable people and accompanying persons, children under the age of 10 years.

Itinerary : “Up and down the stairs” – Among Domes and Criptes
Guided walk “on the roofs” of the city discovering unusual baroque corners from the top of the Abbey of St. Agatha and of the Church of St. Nicola, followed by the visit of the cripte of St. Euplio.
Cost: € 8,00 (included the ticket for the museum and the radioguide).
Cost: € 2,50 Children under the age of 10 years
Starts at 19.00 from Church of St Nicola. Reservation calling +39 3333860674 or writing an email to guidect.eventi@gmail.com cured by Associazione Guide Turistiche Catania.