The Dream of Rome - La Venere Capitolina

June 7, 2011, the Mayor of Rome, Gianni Alemanno, opens the exhibition of the Capitoline Venus at one of the most prestigious museums in the United States and the world, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. The great treasure preserved at the Capitoline Museums in Rome will be precious witness to the “Sister City” treaty of friendship and collaboration between the two capital cities. The exhibit will be open to the public from June 8 through September 5, 2011. 

The event will also serve as the context for the ratification of a bilateral agreement between the museums for the achievement of technical projects and the achievement of important works and exhibits that will further enrich the already extraordinary cultural offerings of the Rome Capital City museum.

Also present at the opening will be the Italian Ambassador of Italy to the USA, Giulio Terzi, the Director of the National Gallery of Art, Earl A. Powell III, the Director of the Capitoline Museums, Claudio Parisi Presicce, and the President of the Knights of Columbus, Carl Anderson.