The Friends of the Bargello

Editorial | The Burlington Magazine | 1st June 2018

In 2016 the woeful administration of Italy’s national museums was tackled with sweeping reforms. There are now signs of progress. With a new national government in office, are the reforms at risk? Perhaps not – museums’ lack of interest in visitors, including a failure to even have working websites, has not been forgotten. Meanwhile, opposition to the reforms persists.