Uffizi Gallery Director Eike Schmidt
said Thursday that all Italian museums would be forced to close
close without new staff hires by the government ushered in by
the September 25 general election.
Schmidt told ANSA that visitor numbers had returned to the
pre-pandemic levels of 2019 and that offerings were on the rise
"but the staff is continuing to contract".
He warned: "without a solution we're all going to close, even
the biggest ones".
Schmidt said the upcoming government - which is expected to be
led by the far right - must "address and immediately resolve the
staffing problems of museums and other places of culture" in
Italy.
"Whoever is in power after September 25 will have to think about
this."
He said the problems with getting and keeping staff had remained
an issue even after the recent musum reform of Culture Minister
Dario Franceschini.
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