(by Francesca De Lucia)
The director of the Naples
National Archaeological Museum (MANN) has presented the program
for the museum running until 2020, dubbed 'MANN at Work'.
This year "is the year of the new MANN," said director Paolo
Giulierini. "From large exhibitions beginning with Canova in
March to Thalassa, as well as important works in the building
with the opening of the Magna Graecia and Prehistory sections,
the restyling of the Pompeii areas, an extraordinary
technological section where Amedeo Maiuri imagined it, and the
renovation of the third garden, the Vanella one."
The museum will meanwhile get back a fundamental part of its
history with the reopening of the Magna Graecia section, which
had been closed for about 20 years, in a theme-based arrangement
telling of southern Italy through stories and objects, from
religion to banquets.
Among the over 700 pieces are some of the oldest, currently
in the new restoration laboratories of the museum.
Last year ended with a record high 613,426 visitors, a rise
of 15.8% on the previous year and 4,000 people have already
signed up for the annual Open Mann card.
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