Books at MAXXI.L’architettrice by Melania G. Mazzucco

Monday closed
Tuesday to Sunday 11 am – 7 pm
Monday 8 December 11 am > 7 pm
Wednesday 24 December 11 am > 4:30 pm
Thursday 25 December closed
Wednesday 31 December 11 am > 4:30 pm
Thursday 1 January 11 am > 7 pm
Monday 5 January 11 am > 7 pm
Tusday 6 January 11 am > 7 pm
– for young people aged between 18 and 25 (not yet turned 25);
– for groups of 15 people or more;
– La Galleria Nazionale, Museo Ebraico di Roma ticket holders;
– upon presentation of ID card or badge: Accademia Costume & Moda, Accademia Fotografica, Biblioteche di Roma, Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Enel (for badge holder and accompanying person), FAI Fondo Ambiente Italiano, Feltrinelli, Gruppo FS, IN/ARCH Istituto Nazionale di Architettura, Sapienza Università di Roma, LAZIOcrea, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Amici di Palazzo Strozzi, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Scuola Internazionale di Comics, Teatro Olimpico, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Teatro di Roma, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Youthcard;
valid for one year from the date of purchase
– minors under 18 years of age;
– myMAXXI cardholders;
– on your birthday presenting an identity document;
– upon presentation of EU Disability Card holders and or accompanying letter from hosting association/institution for: people with disabilities and accompanying person, people on the autistic spectrum and accompanying person, deaf people, people with cognitive disabilities and complex communication needs and their caregivers, people with serious illnesses and their caregivers, guests of first aid and anti-violence centres and accompanying operators, residents of therapeutic communities and accompanying operators;
– MiC employees;
– journalists who can prove their business activity;
– European Union tour guides and tour guides, licensed (ref. Circular n.20/2016 DG-Museums);
– 1 teacher for every 10 students;
– AMACI members;
– CIMAM International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art members;
– ICOM members;
– from Tuesday to Friday (excluding holidays) European Union students and university researchers in art history and architecture, public fine arts academies (AFAM registered) students and Temple University Rome Campus students;
– IED Istituto Europeo di Design professors, NABA Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti professors, RUFA Rome University of Fine Arts professors;
– upon presentation of ID card or badge: Collezione Peggy Guggenheim a Venezia, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Sotheby’s Preferred, MEP – Maison Européenne de la Photographie;
MAXXI’s Collection of Art and Architecture represents the founding element of the museum and defines its identity. Since October 2015, it has been on display with different arrangements of works.


18 Nov 2025 06.00 pm
talkArte o decadenzaDilettanti professionisti maestri di Gabriele Guercio
19 Nov 2025 06.30 pm
books at MAXXILa ferita, la letiziaby Davide Rondoni
20 Nov 2025 09.30 am
conferenceISPRA: il Mare per il benessere comune
20 Nov 2025 06.00 pm
talk50 anni di Rivista Segno, 1976-2026
21 Nov 2025 06.00 pm
lecture performanceMimosa Pudicadi Valentina Vetturi
MAXXI auditorium – free admittance until full capacity
10 individual seats reserved for myMAXXI cardholders writing to mymaxxi@fondazionemaxxi.it by the day before the event.
Plautilla, the first female architect in modern history, in the Rome of the Popes of the 17th century.
Giovanni Briccio is a plebeian genius, a bizarre stray dog in an era in which it was necessary to have a master, Briccio educated his daughter in painting. He launched her in the world of art as a child prodigy, obliging her to a destiny of virginity. A meeting with Elpidio Benedetti, an aspiring writer chosen by Cardinal Barberini as Mazzarino’s secretary, was to change her life. With the cooperation of this unusual travelling companion, she was to become far more than her father had ever dared imagine.
Melania G. Mazzucco, Premio Strega 2003, returns to the historical novel, to the passion for art and its interpreters. While recounting stories of the pomp, intrigues, violence and misery of the Rome of the popes, the enthusiasm of a century both bigoted and libertine, the author paints a portrait of an extraordinary 17th-century woman, remarkably skilled in avoiding the limelight and concealing her daring and dreams to achieve something capable of redeeming a lifetime: the construction of an original villa of delights on the hill dominating Rome, designed and built by her, Plautilla, the first female architect in modern history.
Speakers
Annalena Benini art historian and essayist
Costantino D’Orazio writer
Melania G. Mazzucco, author of the book
Readings by Anna Bonaiuto
In collaboration with Giulio Einaudi Editore