FLORENCE, ITALY – The Italian ministry of culture last week launched an international selection process for the appointment of directors for 20 of the country’s top museums, including the Uffizi gallery, the Academy gallery and the Bargello national museum in Florence.
The new managers will be in post on June 1, 2015. The move is part of a broad package of reforms introduced by Culture Minister Dario Franceschini to reorganise Italy’s museum system to better preserve and valorise the national cultural heritage.
The decree signed on December 23 provides for the creation of 20 autonomous museums and a further 17 regional museum. Among them, the Borghese gallery, the national gallery of modern and contemporary art and the national gallery of ancient art in Rome, the Uffizi gallery, the Academy gallery and the Bargello national museum in Florence, the Academy gallery in Venice, the Capodimonte museum and the national archaeological museum in Naples, the Brera gallery in Milan, the Royal Palace in Caserta, the Estense gallery in Modena, the Marche national gallery in Urbino, the Umbria national gallery in Perugia, the national archaeological museum in Regio Calabria, the national archaeological museum in Taranto, the archaeological park at Paestum, the Duchal palace in Mantova, the Royal Palace in Genoa and the royal palaces in Turin.
The deadline for applications is February 15 and the candidates will be screened by a panel of five experts. The selected candidates will remain in post for four years with a gross annual salary of between 78,000 and 145,000 euros, plus a possible productivity bonus of up to 40,000 euros.
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