On the occasion of the reopening of the Palazzina Marfisa d’Este, the Civic Museums of Ferrara are offering a rich program of cultural initiatives aimed at learning more about the history of the building and its protagonists.

A series of eight thematic meetings, organized in collaboration with the association Ferrariae Decus, will accompany the public to discover the artistic and cultural heritage related to Marfisa d’Este. The appointments will be held at the Conference Room of Museo Schifanoia (via Scandiana 27), always at 5 p.m. Through talks by restorers, university professors and researchers, topics ranging from Marfisa’s relationship with music to the sixteenth-century decorations of the Palazzina, from Ferrarese ceramics to the installations curated by Nino Barbantini, and finally to the portraits of the noblewoman and her connection with Torquato Tasso, will be addressed. A unique opportunity to rediscover, through never-before-seen perspectives, one of the symbolic places of the Ferrarese Renaissance and the fascinating figure of Marfisa d’Este.

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Thursday, September 11, 5 p.m.
Museo Schifanoia – Conference Room
Marfisa d’Este: courtier splendors and dynastic failures in the late sixteenth century
Matteo Provasi

Thursday, September 18, 5:00 p.m.
Museo Schifanoia – Conference Room
Marfisa d’Este, music and dance
Camilla Cavicchi

Thursday, September 25, 5 p.m.
Museo Schifanoia – Conference Room
The dumb experiment: the campaign of restoration and enhancement of musical instruments in the Palazzina Marfisa d’Este
Andrea Roberto Lucini

Thursday, October 2, 5 p.m.
Museo Schifanoia – Conference Room
IFilippi at Palazzina Marfisa
Alessandra Pattanaro

Tuesday, October 7, 5 p.m.
Museo Schifanoia – Conference Room
Marfisa and Tasso: a lyrical sylloge dedicated to its benefactors
Valentina Gritti

Tuesday, Oct. 14, 5 p.m.
Museo Schifanoia – Conference Room
From closed Palazzo Schifanoia (1906) to city seat (1938): the restoration and layout by Nino Barbantini
Marcello Toffanello

Thursday, October 30
Museo Schifanoia – Conference Room
Ceramics in Ferrara: history, use and style between the 16th and 17th centuries
Francesca Acqui

Thursday, November 6, 5 p.m.
Museo Schifanoia – Conference Room
A face for Marfisa: research and invention of a portrait
Romeo Pio Cristofori

GUIDED TOURS.

With museum curators Francesca Acqui and Romeo Pio Cristofori, Palazzina Marfisa d’Este, 5:30 p.m.

Friday, September 19 – SOLD OUT
Friday, September 26 – SOLD OUT
Friday, October 10 – SOLD OUT
Friday, October 31 – SOLD OUT
Friday, November 7 – SOLD OUT
Friday, Nov. 14 – SOLD OUT
Friday, November 21 – SOLD OUT
Friday, December 5 – SOLD OUT

Museum admission 3€, free visit
Reservation required, limited places
tel. 0532 244949 – diamanti@comune.fe.it