On Sunday, December 7, 2025, the first Sunday of the month, the initiative returns. "Sunday at the Museum", with the free opening of state museums in Naples and Campania. The event offers free admission to all state monuments, museums, galleries, archaeological excavations, parks and monumental gardens, allowing citizens and tourists to discover the region's rich cultural heritage for free.

State museums and beyond: useful tips

Free admission applies to all state museums, but it is always advisable to check the official websites of individual museums for any updates or restrictions. Some temporary exhibitions may not be included in the initiative and access may be subject to capacity limits, so it is advisable to arrive early.

Even some non-state museums in Naples are participating in the initiative:

• Galleries of Italy, new home of Palazzo Piacentini on Via Toledo, with free admission and the extraordinary collections, including Caravaggio's last work. Also on view during this period is the exhibition "Women in Spanish Naples. Another Seventeenth Century.".
• Mother Museum - Donnaregina Museum of Contemporary Art in Naples, open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. (last admission one hour before closing).

Non-state museums in Naples

• Gallerie d'Italia - Palazzo Piacentini, Via Toledo - Art Collections from the 1500s to the Contemporary; Caravaggio; exhibition Women in Spanish Naples. Another Seventeenth Century.
• Mother Museum, Via Luigi Settembrini 79 - Italian and international contemporary art, innovative installations.

State museums in Naples

• Royal Palace of Naples, Piazza del Plebiscito, 1 - Monumental Rooms, Enrico Caruso Museum; exhibition Totò and his Naples.
• Museum and Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Via Miano - Painting and sculpture, works by Caravaggio; exhibition Beyond Caravaggio.
• National Archaeological Museum of Naples, National Museum Square - Archaeological Collections, Exhibitions Found Treasures, photographs by Ivanovič de Rumine, watercolors by Bazzani.
• Castel Sant'Elmo and Museum of the Twentieth Century, Via Tito Angelini, 22 - Fortress with view of Naples; modern and contemporary art.
• Charterhouse and Museum of San Martino, Largo San Martino, 5 - Sacred art and history of Naples; exhibition. Didier Barra and Seventeenth-Century Naples..
• Duca di Martina Ceramics Museum - Villa Floridiana, Via Domenico Cimarosa, 77 - European and Oriental ceramics.
• Diego Aragona Pignatelli Cortes Museum and Carriage Museum, Riviera di Chiaia, 200 - Historic furniture and period carriages.