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PINACOTECA NAZIONALE DI BOLOGNA

VISITING GUIDELINES

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The Pinacoteca is open Monday through Friday, from 9 am to 2 pm
The ticket counter closes at 1.30 pm
For your safety and the safety of other visitors and staff, before entering the Pinacoteca you must wear a face mask covering both nose and mouth and use the hand sanitizer available by the main door.
You must wear a face mask at all times while on the Pinacoteca’s premises.
Before you enter the museum, a staff member will take your body temperature with a touchless device. Visitors with a temperature higher than 37.5 degrees Celsius or showing flu-like symptoms will be asked to return at a later date.
To allow for physical distancing throughout the building, a maximum of 40 visitors per hour will be allowed inside the Pinacoteca. Entry in some of the Pinacoteca’s smaller exhibition spaces is limited to 2 visitors at a time.
Guided tours are permitted only if using microphone and earpieces. Groups must not exceed 8 people, including the tour guide.
Lockers and cloakrooms remain closed. Backpacks and bags larger than 40 x 40 x 20 centimeters are not permitted in the galleries.
Umbrellas must be left at the entrance.
In order to limit the number of touchable surfaces, we will not be able to provide printed floor maps and visitors guides.
You are welcome to use the seating located throughout the galleries but remember to maintain a social distance of at least 1 meter from other people while seated.
Please adhere to the recommendations imparted by visitor services and security staff, observe the guidelines written on signage and follow indicated foot traffic patterns.
The use of the elevator is reserved to visitors with disabilities or motor impairments with one accompanying person, and to visitors with strollers.
The oil from our skin damages artworks so please do not touch. Drinking, eating and smoking (including e-cigarettes) is also prohibited.
You may take personal photos in the galleries but no flash, tripods or selfie sticks.
No pets or other animals can enter the Pinacoteca, except service dogs.
Please silence your cell phone and speak softly so as not to disturb other visitors.