Uffizi Gallery hosts Roman Africa talks on 30 October

A series of Roman Africa talks is running at the Uffizi Gallery (Gallerie degli Uffizi) in Florence from 16 October to 6 November 2026. The programme examines African antiquities in Medici and Lorraine collections, with the next meeting scheduled for 30 October. The series gives visitors a specific reason to combine the museum's collections with a public conference in Italy.

Roman Africa talks continue at the Uffizi Gallery

The Uffizi Galleries are presenting four Friday meetings at the Paolucci Auditorium. The official programme lists the series from 16 October to 6 November 2026 and places every meeting at the Gallery in Florence. The official conference programme identifies the museum scholars and university researchers involved.

On 30 October, Novella Lapini of the University of Florence is due to discuss religious dedications and tributes to the Domus Augusta in Giovanni Pagni's African inscriptions. The final meeting follows on 6 November, when Alberto Gavini of the University of Sassari examines the history and archaeology of an inscription from Tunisia to Florence.

The Paolucci Auditorium links Florence to Roman Africa

The talks focus on the seventeenth-century Tuscan reception of Roman Africa. Their starting point is the expedition of Giovanni Pagni, a physician and archaeologist sent to the court of Tunis in 1667. During that journey, he visited archaeological sites including Carthage and gathered epigraphic and archaeological evidence.

The programme follows how African inscriptions reached the Medici and Lorraine collections in Tuscany. A report by ANSA's conference report also places the talks in the Paolucci Auditorium and describes the programme as a six-meeting cycle, while the museum schedule lists the four dates above.

Four talks trace Giovanni Pagni's Tunis expedition

The subject connects the event to the museum's holdings rather than to a general city lecture. The meetings consider inscriptions as objects with a route from North Africa into collections formed under the Medici and Lorraine rulers. That connection gives the 30 October session a direct link to the antiquities preserved and interpreted by the institution.

The Gallery occupies the first and second floors of a large building constructed between 1560 and 1580. Giorgio Vasari designed the building, which contains paintings from the Middle Ages to the modern period alongside ancient sculptures and busts. Its architecture therefore forms a physical setting for a programme about the movement of objects, records and ideas into Florence.

Visiting Uffizi Gallery: what travellers from Western Europe should know

• The conference series runs from 16 October to 6 November 2026 at the Paolucci Auditorium of the Uffizi Gallery. The next listed meeting is on 30 October 2026.
• The programme lists the meetings at 5pm and states that admission is free until capacity is reached. The 30 October session is led by Novella Lapini.
• The museum is in central Florence, beside Piazza della Signoria. Its information desk is on the left side of Piazzale degli Uffizi, close to the square.
• The building extends across two floors, and the museum provides lifts as well as an access ramp in Via della Ninna.

The programme adds a public research dimension to a visit focused on the museum's paintings, sculpture and collections history.

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Frequently asked questions about Uffizi Gallery

When do the Roman Africa talks take place at Uffizi Gallery?

The series runs on Fridays from 16 October to 6 November 2026. The next listed meeting is on 30 October 2026, followed by the final meeting on 6 November 2026.

What is Uffizi Gallery?

It is a Florence museum whose building was constructed between 1560 and 1580 to designs by Giorgio Vasari. Its collections include paintings from the Middle Ages to the modern period and ancient sculptures.

Where is Uffizi Gallery and how do you get there?

The museum is in central Florence beside Piazza della Signoria. The information desk is on the left side of Piazzale degli Uffizi, and an access ramp is available in Via della Ninna.