Italy launches global search for nine new museum directors. Following the high-profile appointment of 20 new museum directors in Italy last year, the country’s ministry for cultural heritage and tourism has announced another global call for applications to lead nine more cultural sites. Herculaneum, the Phlegraean Fields, Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli and the Villa Guilia are among the sites whose directorships are up for grabs, reports the Daily Telegraph. ‘By the end of the year, another nine jewels of Italian cultural heritage will have directors picked from among the best experts in museum management’, said culture minister Dario Franceschini.

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