event
Thursday 1 January 1970

Festival of Europe 2013


Friday 10 May

In collaboration with the Ministry of European Affairs – Department of European Polices, the European Parliament, the European Union and the Ragnarock Cultural Association, MAXXI is presenting a series of initiatives designed for students and the general public and celebrating the Festival of Europe.
For the occasion all visitors will benefit from reduced price museum entrance tickets (€8 instead of €11) throughout the day .

h 9.30, 11.30, 15.00
VISITS-EVENTS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS
In the museum piazza an actress will welcome the classes that have signed up for the day-event and will lead them on an exploration of European values through four different display rooms named for the occasion after some of the founding fathers of the EU and each dedicated to a specific art: Winston Churchill – Film; Altiero Spinelli – Theatre and Literature; Konrad Adenauer – Music; Alcide De Gasperi – Visual Art.
Initiative promoted by the Ministry of Euroepan Affairs and the European Parliament for the circulation and safeguarding of European values through the arts

from 11.00 to 13.00
FREE GUDED TOURS FOR ERASMUS STUDENTS
admittance free while places available, reservatiuons required via edumaxxi@fondazionemaxxi.it
The tours are conducted by the students studying Museum and Territorial Education at La Sapienza University in Rome and involved in placements with the MAXXI Educational Department.

from 16.30 to 19.00
FREE WORKSHOP FOR FAMILIES WITH THE CARTOONIST MAURIZIO RIBICHINI
MAXXI piazza
Through line and colour, Maurizio Ribichini will involve adults and children in the realization of a story told through images regarding the fundamental values of the European Union, underlining the wealth of the diverse cultures, traditions and languages of our continent.

Moreover, from 10.00 to 18.00 in the MAXXI piazza, an information desk manned by the Department of European Policies of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers will be at the disposition of all students seeking information on the EU programmes favouring mobility and learning.