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Every year for the past 24 years in Italy one week of the year has been proclaimed the country’s cultural week. In the course of this cultural week all Italian state run museums and other tourist attractions are free.
For the year 2009 the cultural week starts on April 18th and lasts until the 26th. April 25th being an Italian holiday anyway, it has been decided to add this date to the free museum week.
As of tomorrow therefore all state run monuments and museums in Rome (this includes famous and important attractions like the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, the Borghese Gallery and the Capitoline Museums) will therefore let you in without paying.
Several non state run attractions participate by either lowering the admission cost or by not charging an entrance fee at all.
Remember that a visit to the Borghese Gallery will be free during the cultural week, but that a reservation will still be required.
The Vatican Museums, the Catacombs, etc, are not run by the state and do therefore not participate in the initiative.
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