La Repubblica<\/a>\u00a0newspaper reports.<\/p>\nUnder the current arrangement, no more than 360 visitors may enter the museum per session, with two-hour time slots and compulsory exits on completion.<\/p>\n
Designed to protect the precious artworks and ensure visitor safety,\u00a0the existing system also\u00a0sharply limits public access in a city where tourist numbers continue to grow.<\/p>\n
Expansion project<\/p>\n
Galleria Borghese director Francesca Cappelletti launched a tender for technical sponsorship to draw up a feasibility study for the new structure, and the museum has\u00a0reportedly accepted a proposal from Proger Spa, an engineering firm based in Pescara, to take on that role.<\/p>\n
The administration of Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri has adopted a resolution supporting the expansion project\u00a0– La Repubblica\u00a0reports – and directed the capitoline superintendency for cultural heritage to initiate all the administrative procedures needed to support the museum’s planning process.<\/p>\n
Three councillors – Sabrina Alfonsi (environment), Massimiliano Smeriglio (culture) and Maurizio Veloccia (urban planning) – signed the memorandum, describing the intervention as one of the most significant cultural investments in the capital’s near future.<\/p>\n
Transformation<\/p>\n
The planned extension is envisaged not merely as additional floor space but as a transformation of the museum’s function.<\/p>\n
New exhibition rooms would be dedicated to works currently held in storage, alongside spaces designed to improve accessibility and visitor reception.<\/p>\n
A significant portion of the collection is currently kept in a third-floor depot and has never been on public display.<\/p>\n
Councillor Smeriglio described the proposed expansion as an opportunity to rethink the Galleria not only as a museum but as a cultural hub, with study rooms and conference facilities, and acknowledged that architects will\u00a0“have to take into account multiple conservation constraints” when drawing up plans.<\/p>\n
The project is at a very early stage, with the feasibility study still to be completed before any design work can begin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aim of project is to increase visitor flow and expand cultural offer. Rome’s Galleria Borghese, home to masterpieces…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13870,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[10142,10141,5,27],"class_list":["post-13869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rome","tag-caravaggio","tag-galleria-borghese","tag-italy","tag-rome"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}