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 the Museo Schifanoia, always at 5 p.m. Through the interventions of restorers, university professors and researchers, topics ranging from Marfisa’s relationship with music to the 16th-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 previously unseen perspectives, one of the symbolic places of the Ferrara Renaissance and the fascinating figure of Marfisa d’Este.

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Thursday, September 11, 5 p.m.
Marfisa d’Este: courtly splendor and dynastic failures in the late sixteenth century
Matteo Provasi

Thursday, September 18, 5 p.m.
Marfisa d’Este, music and dance
Camilla Cavicchi

Thursday, September 25, 5 p.m.
The mutilated experiment: the campaign to restore and enhance the musical instruments of the Palazzina Marfisa d’Este
Andrea Roberto Lucini

Thursday, October 2, 5 p.m.
The Philippians at Palazzina Marfisa
Alessandra Pattanaro

Tuesday, October 7, 5 p.m.
Marfisa and Tasso: a lyrical sylloge dedicated to her benefactors
Valentina Gritti

Tuesday, October 14, 5 p.m.
From closed palace (1906) to city representative office (1938): the restoration and layout by Nino Barbantini
Marcello Toffanello

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

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

GUIDED TOURS.

FRIDAY, Sept. 19, 26; Oct. 10 and 31, 2025
With museum curators Francesca Acqui and Romeo Pio Cristofori, Palazzina Marfisa d’Este, 5:30 p.m.
Museum admission €3, free tour
Reservation required, limited places
tel. 0532 244949 – diamanti@comune.fe.it