museum special exhibitions?

If you will be in Rome before September 9 of this year, be sure to check out the "Lux in Arcana" exhibit at the Capitoline Museum
http://www.luxinarcana.org/en Take care

Bryan, thanks for the recommendation re the exhibit from the Vatican archives at the Capitoline. Coincidentally, that was the one exhibition I had found and it sounds fascinating. I hope you don't mind, but I have a couple of questions for you. Do you know if much of the info at the exhibit is in English? Also, i'm wondering about getting to the museum. I find buses intimidating (not practical where I live... so, no practice). I'm staying at the monastery of San Gregorio al Celio, right across the street from the Circus Maximus subway station (and little/no English is spoken at the monastery). Is there any easy way to the get to the museum from that subway stop? Or is it reasonable walking distance? I'd welcome any suggestions.
Thanks!

Hi Sherry, I have recently been to the "Lux in Arcana" exhibition and can highly recommend it. Exhibits have a screen next to them with a moving text in English. Entry fee is E12 and covers exhibition and museum. Tickets can be purchased online at www.omniticket.it if you want to avoid the lines. Guided tours are also available.
Their official website is: www.luxinarcana.org for anymore information. As for getting there, if you want to avoid the buses you could walk from Circus Maximus to the Colosseum then up the main street "via dei Fiori Imperiali" to the Capitoline Museum where the exhibition is held. Hope this helps. Debbie

Sherry, Looks like Debbie answered your questions. I have not yet been to the exhibit but everyone I have talked has raved about it. I'm hoping to go soon! This Google Map, if I did it right, should give you walking directions from where you are staying. It is 1.2 miles, and you will pass a lot of interesting things along the way, so I would say that it would be a worthwhile walk. Another option, of course, would be a short cab ride. You could just tell them to bring you to Piazza Venezia, which will put you right in front of the Victor Emmanuel Momument; you go around the right side of the monument and up the steps to the Capitoline Museum from there. http://g.co/maps/ue8j9 (copy and paste link into brower) Take care
Bryan

Sherry, Also, I was recently in Florence and went to Galleria degli Uffizi. Right now they have a special exhibit of tapestries that have not been on display for years, which is quite interesting. It is included in the general admission ticket. I don't know of any sites that collect and list all the special exhibits by city. But what you might do is figure out first which museums might interest you the most in each city, then go to their respective sites, where they almost always have the special exhibitions prominently announced, and usually a calendar of upcoming exhibits also.