AMIR | Alliances, museums, meetings, and relationships is a program of museum activities offering free visits to museums, collections, churches, villages, and public spaces in Florence and Fiesole, led by citizens with a migrant background. This is an opportunity to explore cultural heritage as a permanent laboratory where ideas, values, and symbols have blended for centuries, and from which it is possible to build a fair and multifaceted dialogue about the past and the future.

How does it work:
• Entrance and visits are free with mandatory reservations
• For reservations and information, visit amirproject.com
• For the Palazzo Vecchio Museum, the Novecento Museum, the Santa Maria Novella Complex
and the Stefano Bardini Museum. Reservations can be made at info@musefirenze.it or at 055 0541450.
• Visits last approximately an hour and a half
• For groups (from 6 to 15 participants) or for special requests, contact the secretariat

PROGRAM 2 0 2 6

April 11th, 16pm
BANDINI MUSEUM AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF FIESOLE
THE FORCES OF TIME
Time is a highly complex concept that humans have always grappled with. Artistic representations, philosophical reflections, and scientific definitions continue to engage us, keeping the question open. Through ancient artifacts and works of art from the Fiesole Museums, the tour sheds light on a historical stratification of considerations on the topic, identifying significant convergences between the world's diverse cultures.

April 12th and May 3rd at 12pm
PALAZZO VECCHIO MUSEUM*
HISTORY PLOTS. CLOTHES AND CULTURES COMPARED
A journey through the rooms of the Palazzo Vecchio Museum, in an open and stimulating dialogue between fashions, habits, and cultures so different yet so similar. From public rooms to secret places, participants will learn, story by story, about the daily life and fashion of the Medici court, comparing it with the traditions and customs of the AMIR mediators' countries of origin.
*RESERVATIONS: info@musefirenze.it – 055 0541450

April 18th at 11am and June 11th at 17pm
MUSEUM OF THE INNOCENTS
A LONG HISTORY OF HOSPITALITY
The tour recounts the evolution of the ancient hospital, specifically designed to care for abandoned children. Inside the Renaissance complex designed by Filippo Brunelleschi, visitors can retrace its seven-hundred-year history through artworks, archival materials, biographies, and testimonies of those who lived there. The history of the Innocenti is reinterpreted and enriched by the personal reflections of the facilitators and visitors, drawing on their own cultures to create a shared and deeply engaging narrative.

April 19th, 16pm
BANDINI MUSEUM AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF FIESOLE
EASTER AND THE REBIRTH CELEBRATIONS
The concept of celebration is linked to that of community, identity, social cohesion, and collective memory. Through the artworks and historical testimonies preserved in the Fiesole Museums, the tour explores the sense of the sacred and the rituals that have always united all human beings. It takes us on a journey that sheds light on the connections between the Christian Easter and the festivals that celebrate a transition, a rebirth.

May 3rd, 15pm
20TH CENTURY MUSEUM*
OPEN WORKS
The visit will allow visitors to approach selected works through the guidance of voices from various cultures: the public will be able to observe the forms, codes, and meanings of contemporary Italian art and understand how artwork is truly "open," capable of activating ever-new forms of reflection, interpretation, and dialogue, "an active center of a network of inexhaustible relationships" (U. Eco).
*RESERVATIONS: info@musefirenze.it – 055 0541450

May 9th and June 20th at 11:30 am
PRIMO CONTI MUSEUM
MOTHERS, WIVES, WORKERS AND DANCERS
Primo Conti's portraits portray a multifaceted female universe: mothers, wives, workers, dancers. These works open a reflection on the connections between art and contemporary experiences, intertwining stories, traditions, and diverse perspectives on the status of women in marriage, work, and fashion.

May 10th, 16pm
BANDINI MUSEUM
MARY, WOMAN AMONG WOMEN
A central figure in Christian religiosity, Mary is the most praised woman in the Quran, the only one mentioned by name and defined as a "woman of truth." During the visit, several mediators spoke about this important female figure from different perspectives, describing the many and varied forms of devotion that, transcending spatial and temporal boundaries, bind human beings together.

May 17rd, 16pm
MUSEUM OF THE INNOCENTS
THE MOTHER'S JOB
February 1, 1445: Monna Chiara crosses the threshold of the Innocenti. She will be the first wet nurse of whom there is certain record. Here, women have always played a fundamental role in welcoming and caring for children, a commitment the Institute continues to pursue, also through its reception facilities for mothers and children. This unique visit will offer the opportunity to rediscover the centrality of the female role at the Innocenti and compare it with the realities of the AMIR mediators' countries of origin.

May 24th, 16pm
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF FIESOLE
ROMAN BATHS AND THEIR IDENTITY IN MEDITERRANEAN CULTURES
During the Imperial Age, bathing was not only a part of daily life for Romans, but also a symbol of their way of life. A visit to the Roman baths of Fiesole will be the starting point for a journey that will lead us to discover the customs, rituals, and symbols that Mediterranean peoples have passed down for millennia.

June 6th, 17pm
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREA OF FIESOLE
THE SCAPEGOAT
Starting from an analysis of Etruscan sacrificial rites, the conversation with AMIR mediators offers reflections on an important topic, not only because it has roots in the distant past of all human societies, but also because it provides us with valuable insights into contemporary life.

June 7th, 12pm
BARDINI MUSEUM – NEW VISIT AMIR!
COLLECTING STORIES WITH STEFANO BARDINI, PRINCE OF ANTIQUE DEALERS
The Stefano Bardini Museum is the legacy to the city of Florence of the eponymous antique dealer—the "prince of antique dealers"—who, thanks to his keen talent and elegant taste, created refined settings throughout his showroom, frequented by a select cosmopolitan clientele. Today, this space is open to dialogue and encounter thanks to the AMIR project: mediators from around the world will accompany visitors room after room, offering a unique interpretation of the works that goes beyond their artistic value to restore their humanity. Through their stories, artifacts
Precious objects such as carpets, sculptures, or decorative elements will once again become a cultural bridge, intertwining the styles, languages, and traditions of their countries of origin with Florentine art and history.
*RESERVATIONS: info@musefirenze.it – 055 0541450

June 14th, 17pm
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF FIESOLE
"HOLD ME IF I RUN AWAY AND BRING ME BACK TO MY MASTER..." A visit that examines the phenomenon of slavery in the Roman world, as revealed by the monuments and archaeological finds of Fiesole, and leads us on a reflection on the slavery of other times and other places.

Following, a meeting to discuss the themes of the visit and, starting at 8:00 pm, an aperitif and concert of world music with Susanna Bertuccioli (harpist) and Petru Hovarth (violinist)

The events at the network's museums are part of a much broader program of visits and activities organized and held in museums and art venues in Fiesole and Florence. The complete calendar can be found at www.amirproject.com

Info and reservations:
• amirproject.com
• amirmuseums@gmail.com
• mobile +39 3884609980
• Facebook
@amirmuseums
@museidituttifirenzefiesole
• Instagram
@amirmuseums
• @museidituttifirenzefiesole

Museums involved
• Civic Archaeological Museum and Archaeological Area of ​​Fiesole, Bandini Museum, Primo Conti Museum, Palazzo Vecchio Museum, Novecento Museum, Santa Maria Novella Complex, Stefano Bardini Museum, Museum of the Innocents

Other locations involved
• Palazzo Medici Riccardi Museum, Art Collection of the Fondazione CR Firenze, Village and Church of Santa Maria a Peretola, Quaracchi Village, Medici Villa La Petraia. Garden of the Medici Villa of Castello, La Nave – Le Piagge

How does it work:
• Entrance and visits are free – reservations required
• For reservations and information, visit amirproject.com
• Visits last approximately an hour and a half
For groups (from 6 to 15 participants) or for special requests, please contact the secretariat.

Amir project is a project of
Utopia Station and Thematic Museum Network Museums for Everyone

with the contribution of
 The Tuscan Regional Authority
with the support of Cassa di Risparmio Foundation of Florence