Sicily: Splendors Across the Centuries

This exclusive nine-day journey offers an exceptional opportunity to experience Sicily’s artistic legacy through activities rarely made available to the public. Led by Museum Director James Steward and Alexandra Letvin, the Museum’s Duane Wilder, Class of 1951, Curator of European Art, the program combines expert interpretation with behind-the-scenes encounters, including visits to private collections and curator-led explorations of museums outside open hours. 

Itinerary highlights include: 

• Caravaggio’s painting in the Santa Lucia al Sepolcro in Syracuse 
• The beautiful baroque towns of Noto and Ragusa 
• Palazzo Biscari in Catania 
• The famed mosaics of the Villa Romana del Casale near Piazza Armerina 
• The stunning Doric temple at Segesta 
• Contemporary art installations in Gibellina, including Cretto di Burri by Alberto Burri and Montagna di Sale by Mimmo Paladino 
• The Valle dei Templi in Agrigento 
• The Cathedral of Cefalù 
• Palazzo dei Normanni and the Palatine Chapel in  Palermo 
• Also in Palermo, the stunning Teatro Massimo opera house and the Palazzo Abatellis’s renowned collections 

With stays at:  

• Grand Hotel des Etrangers in Siracusa 
• Verdura Resort 
• Villa Igiea 

For more information, please contact us at museumtravel@princeton.edu or 609-258-4057.