by Hannah McGivern
Italy's state museums and archaeological sites are to donate their income, including all ticket sales, this Sunday (28 August) to the central regions recovering from a 6.2-magnitude earthquake yesterday (24 August). As rescue efforts continue in the town of Amatrice and the surrounding area, where the death toll has risen to 247, the culture minister Dario Franceschini urged Italians to "go to museums in a sign of solidarity with the populations involved in last night's earthquake".
The measure extends the decision by culture officials in Turin yesterday to "mobilise in support of the people struck by the earthquake" by donating all the takings from the city's museums on 28 August to recovery operations. "In a moment like this, in which the artistic and architectural heritage of the country has been severely hit, it is important to reaffirm the role of culture by making it available to those who are suffering in this terrible tragedy", Turin city council said in a statement.
Source: http://theartnewspaper.com/
