Visiting hours
Opening hours of the Giuliano Briganti Library and Photo Archive:
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Monday and Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
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Tuesday and Thursday: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM / 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
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Friday: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
- Saturday and Sunday: closed
Entrance
free
On the occasion of the fifth edition of Migrant Voices Festival, the Giuliano Briganti Library and Photo Archive hosts from October 24 to 31 the work Oh Good! by the artist Moustapha Cessay, created as part of the project The Digital Suitcases.
The installation, inspired by the song Antassalam by Maher Zain, it stems from Cessay's personal journey, who, during his trip from Gambia to Europe, found comfort precisely in that music: “I listened to it during the journey that brought me to Italy, when everything seemed difficult, and I still listen to it today to give myself peace and to feel good,” the artist says.
In the work, the artist has hand-transcribed some lines of the track, translating them into Mandinka and Italian, accompanied by an audio file that allows visitors to listen to the song through an MP3 player with headphones.
The Migrant Voices Festival, conceived by VersoLab ASP in collaboration with the Corte dei Miracoli, has been promoting since 2020 the artistic and narrative expressions of citizens of foreign origin, offering an open, inclusive and participatory space. This edition has "home" as its central theme and this year extends to various locations around the city, including Santa Maria della Scala, which hosts this significant installation.
Locations
Others Events
- Initiatives
Museum in motion. Sport, music and tastings
5 Mar 2026/5 Mar 2026On the occasion of the Siena Sport Experience event, which culminates with the Strade Bianche 2026, on Thursday, March 5 the Santa Maria della Scala museum complex will be open exceptionally from 9:15 PM to midnight.
- Exhibitions
Metamorphoses of the Sacred - selection of works
20 Feb 2026/30 Aug 2026From February 20 to August 30, the former stable of the Santa Maria della Scala museum complex hosts the new reinstallation of the exhibition Metamorphoses of the Sacred by Teodora Axente, featuring a selection of 14 works.
- Guided tours
The water routes at Santa Maria della Scala
24 Jan 2026/28 Mar 2026After the large turnout, the guided tours "Water Routes at Santa Maria della Scala".
- Initiatives
Photography Readings - 5th edition
14 Mar 2026/15 Mar 2026After the great success of recent years, on Saturday, March 14 and Sunday, March 15, 2026, Letture di Fotografia returns to the Santa Maria della Scala museum complex in Siena, the event entirely dedicated to the promotion and dissemination of contemporary photography, now in its fifth edition.
- Exhibitions
Photography Readings – Exhibition SHARED VISIONS
14 Mar 2026/15 Mar 2026During the Letture di fotografia event, in the Italo Calvino hall, the collective photographic exhibition Visioni Condivise, curated by the Siena Foto Club, will be on display.
- Exhibitions
DOUBLE MEANING 4. THE INK AND THE COLOR
28 Feb 2026/12 Jun 2026The Giuliano Briganti Library and Phototheque renews its appointment with the DOPPIO SENSO biennial, the collective exhibition of artist's books now in its 4th edition, entitled INK AND COLOR.
- Initiatives
Photography Readings - In-depth seminar “Gianni Berengo Gardin the photographer of reality”
15 Mar 2026/15 Mar 2026Sunday, March 15 at 5:30 PM, in the Italo Calvino Hall, the museum dedicates an important event to Gianni Berengo Gardin curated by Fulvio Merlak, Honorary President of FIAF.
- Initiatives
Closing of the exhibition “Paper Garden. The thread and the mark: grafts, assemblages, diary-books”
6 Jun 2025/6 Jun 2025On the occasion of the exhibition's closing, on Friday, June 6 we are offering a finissage made up of several moments throughout the day. The artist will be present at the finissage.
- Presentations
Fausto Melotti. In Lightness | A tribute to Italo Calvino
20 Sep 2025/20 Sep 2025Saturday, 20 September 2025, at 4:30 PM, at the Sala Sant’Ansano, the presentation of the book Fausto Melotti. In Lightness | A Tribute to Italo Calvino, edited by Michelina Eremita and published by Silvana Editoriale, will be held.
- #MeetingsAtLaScala
#IncontriallaScala- Museology and perception. From the contemplation of beauty to the aesthetic experience
18 Sep 2025/18 Sep 2025Thursday, September 18 at 5:30 PM, the Santa Maria della Scala hosts a new event in the #IncontriallaScala series, dedicated to the presentation of the book Museology and Perception. From the contemplation of beauty to the aesthetic experience, written by Domenico Piraina and Maurizio Vanni and published by Pacini Editore.
