MAXXI Gets $17 M. from Italian Government for Sustainability Initiative

Italy has allocated €15 million ($17 million) toward an ambitious plan to turn MAXXI, a contemporary art museum in Rome, in a sustainability and research hub. The grant was announced as part of a program that saw the Italian government distribute €200 million in funding to 38 cultural heritage sites across the country.
On Thursday, Dario Franchesini, Italy’s Minister of Cultural Heritage, joined the the president of the MAXXI Foundation, Giovanna Melandri, and other Italian offic