Level V
Floor 2 from the Piazza Duomo entrance
Attractions
Locations
Events & Exhibitions
Exhibitions, talks, guided tours and special events in Siena.
Exhibitions, talks, guided tours and special events in Siena.
NO BOOK IS THE SAME AS ANOTHER - Reading Groups
Reading is an emotional and transformative experience, capable of stimulating reflection and inner well-being. The reading group Nessun libro è uguale all’altro, active since 2021 at the Giuliano Briganti Library, promotes dialogue and sharing among readers.
Reading is an emotional and transformative experience, capable of stimulating reflection and inner well-being. The reading group Nessun libro è uguale all’altro, active since 2021 at the Giuliano Briganti Library, promotes dialogue and sharing among readers.
Finissage of the exhibition 'Paper Garden. Thread and line: grafts, assemblages, diary-books
To mark the closing of the exhibition, on Friday, June 6, we are organizing a finissage featuring several events throughout the day.
To mark the closing of the exhibition, on Friday, June 6, we are organizing a finissage featuring several events throughout the day.
European Night of Museums at the Santa Maria della Scala
On Saturday, May 17, 2025, Santa Maria della Scala will be open for free from 7 PM to midnight for the European Night of Museums. Visitors can explore the museum and enjoy a pink gin and tonic in honor of the Giro d’Italia.
On Saturday, May 17, 2025, Santa Maria della Scala will be open for free from 7 PM to midnight for the European Night of Museums. Visitors can explore the museum and enjoy a pink gin and tonic in honor of the Giro d’Italia.
Paper Garden. The thread and the sign: assemblages, grafts, and diary-books
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FABRIZIO CLERICI IN THE PRINTS OF THE BRIGANTI LIBRARY. 'Signs' of friendship in the centenary of Surrealism
On Thursday, November 28, from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM, a commemorative event will be held to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the official birth of Surrealism (Manifeste du Surréalisme, André Breton 1924) with a tribute to a great master of the 20th century, Fabrizio Clerici (Milan 1913-Rome 1993), a fine intellectual, graduated in architecture, and an eclectic artist, active as an illustrator, engraver, painter, set designer, and costume designer.
On Thursday, November 28, from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM, a commemorative event will be held to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the official birth of Surrealism (Manifeste du Surréalisme, André Breton 1924) with a tribute to a great master of the 20th century, Fabrizio Clerici (Milan 1913-Rome 1993), a fine intellectual, graduated in architecture, and an eclectic artist, active as an illustrator, engraver, painter, set designer, and costume designer.
Artworks
Rare carbon photograpich prints in extra formats
The photographic library owned by Briganti guards a collection of photos made with printing techniques which go back to the Nineteenth and Twentieth century. Those photos refer to a time when the use of increasingly advanced methods was spreading the photographic technique.
The photographic library owned by Briganti guards a collection of photos made with printing techniques which go back to the Nineteenth and Twentieth century. Those photos refer to a time when the use of increasingly advanced methods was spreading the photographic technique.
Giovan Battista Piranesi and Classical Antiquity in Rome
Il Campo Marzio dell'Antica Roma
Il Campo Marzio dell'Antica Roma
The artist books from the Librartis Collection
The shelves of the Briganti Library feature the Librartis Collection which includes 130 'artist’s books' crafted by many different artists around the world, above all Italian and those who are specially related to the city of Siena.
The shelves of the Briganti Library feature the Librartis Collection which includes 130 'artist’s books' crafted by many different artists around the world, above all Italian and those who are specially related to the city of Siena.