July in Savona: When Museums Light Up Under the Stars
If you think museums are places to visit only during the day, prepare to change your mind. For the five Thursdays of July, Savona transforms into an open-air cultural laboratory.
As in past editions, the city's main museums—including the Civic Art Gallery, the Archaeological Museum, and the Brandale Complex—will offer special evening openings, guided tours, and workshops, offering visitors a fascinating opportunity to connect with the heart of Savona's culture: a completely new way to experience art, history, and beauty.
The ambitious goal of the Festival (which for four years has represented an "upgrade" to the White Nights) is precisely to represent a container capable of involving the entire city as a single body composed of different souls: from music to culture, from food and wine to shopping, including entertainment and street dancing.
Let's look at the program of activities at the Museums together
- CIVIC ART GALLERY
Every Thursday: special opening from 7pm to 10pm with free admission
- On July 9th and 23rd , from 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm, two workshops in collaboration with the Civic Archaeological and City Museum , entitled " Let's Make and Decorate Paper! ", will be held in two sessions: the first at the Archaeological Museum, where the paper will be made, and the second at the Civic Art Gallery, where the handmade paper will be decorated and painted.
- BRANDALE COMPLEX
Special opening from 8pm to 10:30pm for the "History Lights Up at Night" initiative, guided tours, a journey through history, panoramas and curiosities
- CATHEDRAL MUSEUM COMPLEX AND SISTINE CHAPEL
THURSDAYS IN JULY DIOCESAN : Extraordinary evening openings on Thursdays in July from 8.30pm to 10.30pm.
July 2nd: Free public opening of the Sistine Chapel with a performance of works on the 1764 Piccaluga organ by Maestro Antonio Delfino. (He'll broadcast the program this evening, but it seems a bit late...)
July 9th and 16th opening with guided tour of the Historical Archive and Diocesan Library with the possibility of seeing the exhibition “The Pope in prison in Savona” extended throughout July;
July 23: Free opening with guided tours of the apartments of Pope Pius VII.
July 30: Free opening of the Sistine Chapel to the public with performances of pieces on the 1764 Piccaluga organ by maestro Antonio Delfino.
- EXHIBITION ROOMS OF THE BISHOP'S PALACE
Special evening openings on Thursdays in July
July 2nd: Book presentation: "Green in healthcare settings" - Ed. Centro Studi Erickson
Start time: 6:00 PM; End time: 8:00 PM
The book's authors (Costanzi, Cornara, Casiddu, and Cella) will be present. The debate will be moderated by journalist Chiara Daina, with contributions from city councilors Ilaria Recco, Lionello Parodi, and Riccardo Viaggi. Opening remarks by Don Angelo Magnano.
The event is aimed at citizens and managers of structures contracted with ASL2 in the sectors of the elderly, disabled, mental health and child neuropsychiatry.
9-16-23 July Continuation of the evening opening from 5.00 pm to 10.30 pm of the exhibition “Mail Art FIAF della Liguria di Ponente 2026 Memorial Emanuele Zuffo”.
Collective exhibition of photos and works of art that aims to offer the public a message of sharing, inclusion and solidarity through emotion, contemplation and artistic dialogue.
Exhibition organized by the CLions Club Photo Art Culture
- ORATORY OF OUR LADY OF THE CASTELLO
Manzoni Street
Special openings on Thursday evenings
