34 thousand online-билетов to the exhibition galleries of the Vatican were sold out in two hours
ARTinvestment.RU   16 января 2017

Another 4 thousand tickets were purchased through the ticket office of the Museum. We are talking about tickets for dates from January 17 until the end of the exhibition on 19 February

12 and 13 January, the final stages of ticket sales for the blockbuster exhibition of the Tretyakov gallery "Roma Aeterna. Masterpieces Of The Vatican Picture Gallery. Bellini, Raphael, Caravaggio". For the first time such a large number of masterpieces (42 pieces) was taken from the Vatican Museums. Thursday, January 12, tickets sold only at ticket offices of the Museum, and only at the ticket office at Krymsky Val (the exhibition will be held in Lavrushinsky lane). This was done deliberately, because on the Crimean Shaft more offices and a spacious hall is able to accommodate more people at one time, thereby reducing the time of their stay in the queue on the street. All the tickets were registered. In one hand was sold no more than four personal tickets. According to Deputy General Director of the Tretyakov gallery development Tatyana, Modules, people stood in a long line from seven in the morning. In the end, it was sold 4 thousand tickets.

the next day, January 13 at noon was open online-продажа 34 thousand registered tickets. Tickets were sold out in two hours, and simultaneously on the website of the gallery there were up to 7 thousand people.

Formally of tickets to the exhibition until its closure there. However, there is still hope for some tickets that will refuse customers. The gallery received calls asking to return the ticket purchased accidentally on the wrong date. Tickets abandoned, will be re-launched online-продажу, but when it does, press-служба Museum reports.

Maria Onuchina, AI

Sources: vm.ru, m24.ru, interfax.ru, tvkultura.ru, artinvestment.ru