Friday 20 February 2026, at 11:00, in the Italo Calvino Hall, the Antico Ospedale Santa Maria della Scala Foundation organizes a press conference, open to the public, to share an updated overview of the Foundation's institutional structure and governance; the project guidelines for the 2026-2027 biennium; the progress of the Masterplan ; the exhibition and cultural projects underway and planned; the research, production and enhancement initiatives related to Santa Maria della Scala.
Speakers:
Nicoletta Fabio, Mayor of the City of Siena
Cristiano Leone, President of the Antico Ospedale Santa Maria della Scala Foundation
Chiara Valdambrini, Director of the Antico Ospedale Santa Maria della Scala Foundation
Luca Molinari, Professor of the History of Architecture, curator and coordinator of the Santa Maria della Scala Masterplan
Teodora Axente, Artist of the Palio dell'Assunta 2026
Anna Lea Antolini, Artistic Director of XENOS. Performance Festival, 3rd edition
Alessandro Angelini, co-curator of the exhibition on Saint Catherine of Siena
Locations
Others Events
- Exhibitions
DOUBLE MEANING 4. THE INK AND THE COLOR
28 Feb 2026/12 Jun 2026The Giuliano Briganti Library and Photo Archive renews its appointment with the DOPPIO SENSO biennial, the group exhibition of artist's books now in its 4th edition, entitled INK AND COLOR.
- Events
Siena delivers checkmate
11 Feb 2026/15 Feb 2026From February 11 to 15, the Santa Maria della Scala museum complex hosts Siena fa Scacco Matto, a series that intertwines chess, culture, art and artificial intelligence, transforming the game into a lens for interpreting the present.
- Exhibitions
Metamorphoses of the Sacred - Works in dialogue with Siena
20 Feb 2026/30 Aug 2026From 20 February to 30 August 2026, 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, with a selection of 14 works.
- Initiatives
FMSchool at Santa Maria della Scala: a month of training and research
4 Feb 2026/4 Mar 2026Santa Maria della Scala hosts the first month of FMSchool, the training and artist residency program promoted and organized by Fondazione Musei Senesi, which from February 4 welcomes in Siena the ten participants selected for the artist residencies Acqua che cura and Acqua che lavora.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
