The tourist data of the long holiday weekends from Easter last April 20th until May 3rd confirm and reinforce that the Byron and Risorgimento Museums have become the great attraction and cultural novelty of Ravenna.
An evening of poetry and culture, and a big cake to celebrate the birthday of Lord Byron, born in London on 22 January 1788 and now a permanent protagonist in Ravenna with a constant flow of scholars, enthusiasts, and lovers of Romanticism who daily visit the Byron and Risorgimento Museums of the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Ravenna.
On January 5th, a segment produced by Antonio Farnè for MIZAR, the weekly TG2 programme dedicated to Italian culture—museums, artworks, and key figures—was broadcast.
The Byron and Risorgimento Museums, together with the Museo delle Bambole (Doll Museum) saw a full house of visitors during the holiday period, surpassing in both numbers and visitor satisfaction the first real test just one month after their inauguration on November 29th.
The Byron and Risorgimento Museums, together with the Doll and Other Toys Museum, were inaugurated on Friday, 29 November 2024, in the presence of all the authorities from Ravenna and the region, as well as numerous citizens who wished to be part of this extraordinary day. At the Alighieri Theatre, which hosted the first part…