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26 October 1997 - 1 March 1998. 
"The Educated Opinion: culture, science and measuring in the Estense States, 1598 - 1860". Museo della Bilancia, Via Garibaldi 34/a, 41011, Campogalliano. Saturdays and holidays 10.30-12.30, 16.00-19.00. Other days by appointment. 
Entrance Lit. 10,000. Information tel: 059/527133. 
The Museum of Scales of Campogalliano is hosting the exhibition  "The Educated Opinion: culture, science and measuring in the Estense States, 1598 - 1860", dedicated to the Magistrates of Modena who from the XVI century checked weights and measures in public use and prevented fraud among traders. 
There are some valuable objects on display, like the Estense Mark from the XV century and the standards measures of the "arm", the pound and the Modenese coppello. 

12 December 1997 - 30 April 1998 
 "The Estense Family - Ferrara's Court"  
 University Estensis Library  
 Largo Sant'Agostino, 337 - Modena 

13 December 1997 - 10 May 1998 
Nobilitas Estensis. Conii, dies, and coins from the Estense mint  
Vignola, Buoncompagni Ludovisi Castle 
Open 9.00-12.00 and 14.30-18.00 
Sunday opening 10.00 
Closed Monday. 

On show is the substantial collection of dies and cones for coins and medals, consisting of about 100 items produced by the Modena Mint in the centuries when the city was the capital of the Duchy. The division into sections provides an overview of the coin making process from the numismatic, technical, and historical-artistic points of view. 

7-29 March 1998  
Modena in the history. Archives and schools 
Modena, Town Palace 
orario: 9-12 15-18 feriali e festivi 
lunedì chiuso 

18 April - 14 June 1998 
Models of Art and Devotion. 
Adeodato Malatesta 
Modena, Foro Boario 
Reggio Emilia, San Domenico Convent 

Modena and Reggio Emilia are contemporaneously hosting two exhibitions dedicated to Adeodato Malatesta and artistic culture in Emilia in the XIX century. 
The Modenese section of the exhibition has a selection of about 90 works including paintings, drawings, and engravings, following a chronological sequence through the different stages of Malatesta’s career. The Reggio section has 50 works is dedicated to religious works and portraits, the latter being one of the painter’s favored genres. 

7 May- 7 June 1998  
Capitale in Restauration time 
Modena, Town Palace 

24 May - 12 July 1998 
The foundations of art. From Rubens to Kokoscka: drawings from the Nordic Museum of Linz 
Modena, Galleria Civica, 
S. Margherita Palace 

The 120 masterpieces of the Linz Nordic Museum illustrate the evolution of drawing technique from the XVI century to the start of our century. From the drawings of Tommaso Laureti for Neptune’s Fountain in Bologna, to those of Salviati, Perin del Vaga, Guercino, Palma il Giovane, da Corot, Manet, Degas, and Gauguin up to the sensational Vienna period with Klimt, Kokoschka, and Schiele, the exhibition is an incredible journey into of the workshops of the masters of European art. 

30 May - 11 October 
The virtue of arts 
Adeodato Malatesta and Atesina Academy 
Vignola, Rocca dei Contrari 
Adeodato Malatesta was director of the Modena Academy of Fine Arts. The paintings still held in the school are an important testimony of the figurative tradition that Modena developed under the guidance of Malatesta. 

31 may - 5 july 1998  
Paintings of Architecture School of Cadetti mathematical pioneers 
Pavullo, Art Galery of Ducal Palace 

25 june - 18 july 1998  
Estensis coaches  
Modena, Foro Boario 
1 - 30 September 1998 
"The offerings of the Sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin of Fiorano" 
Fiorano Modenese, Santuario della Beata Vergine di Fiorano 

The sanctuary of the blessed virgin of Fiorano is a traditional center of devotion to Maria in Modena Province and it houses a collection of offerings going back to the XVII and XVIII centuries. This initiative is intended to open to the general public the collection and areas that up until now were inaccessible, and will go ahead in parallel with the restoration work on the Sanctuary that has been underway for some years. 

5 September - 30 November 1998 
Drawings from a great collection. 
Italian masters from XV to XVII centuries from the old Estense collections in Paris and Modena 
Ducal Palace of Sassuolo 

On occasion of the reopening of the first floor of the Sassuolo Ducal Palace, 40 pages of important Italian masters are returning to Italy for the first time by concession of the Gabinet du Dessins del Louvre. These include Niccolò dell’Abate, Annibale Carracci, Guercino, Parmigianino, together with another 30 pages from the Estense Gallery. 

5 September - 4 October 1998 
Without immense dowry. The Clarisse Order in Finale Emilia between archeology and history 
Finale Emilia, Castello delle Rocche 
An exhibition of ceramic dishes decorated with the crests of the old families of Finale, plates, jugs, and everyday objects like sandals, crucifixes, combs, which were discovered during the restoration of the XVII century convent of Santa Chiara. 

3 October - 13 December 1998 
Sovereign passion 
The art collection of the Estense House 
Galleria Estense, Museum Palace 
Largo Sant Agostino 

Dedicated to the court and in particular the ducal collections this exhibition is the central element in the ‘98 initiative. It attempts to recreate the ancient Estense Gallery, which was one of the most important in Europe in the middle of the XVII century. The historical story of the collection is represented by the surviving masterpieces from the Gallery and important works recovered from the Gemalegalerie of Dresden, Chantilly, the Prado of Madrid, the Louvre, and the National Gallery of London. 

October 1998 
District and Navigliowith navigation to Po river 
Modena, Bastiglia, Bomporto, Finale Emilia 
Bomporto, Villa Cavazza  

18 October 1998 - 31 January 1999 
Exhibition  
The restored Art. Civic picture gallery and wooden works of Christ Church 
Mirandola, Christ Church 

24 October 1998 - 10 January 1999 
From the Carracci to Malatesta. 
Emilian painting from private collections in Modena and Reggio 
Auditorium Church of Foundation San Carlo College - Modena 

The exhibition collects paintings from the Emilian school from the end of the XVI century to the end of the XVIII century. All the works come from private collections in Modena and Reggio Emilia, both of historical and recent origin. 

November 1998 
Exhibition  
The Estensis. The Court of Modena 
Modena, University Estensis Library  

1 - 29 November 1998 
Adeodato Malatesta Fiorano painter in Modena, Bologna, and Ferrara 
Spezzano Castle 

On exhibition are drawings, offerings, documents some unedited, that throw light on the innovative action exercised by Malatesta in Bologna culture and highlighting the central nodes in the style of this painter from Fiorano. 

21 November 1998 - 8 January 1999 
"Art in the Convent" 
Paintings and decorations of the Church of St. Paul in Modena 
San Paolo Church 

The Church of St. Paul is being reopened to the public for the occasion and will house "Art in the Convent", an exhibition of paintings and liturgical decorations from the ancient monastery and Girl’s School of St. Paul. The exhibition includes important pictures with three altar-pieces originally from the Francescan church of S. Margherita, some room paintings, XVII century canvasses from the convent and various liturgical items. 

10 December 1998 - 28 February 1999 
Spilamberto: art treasures of the Estense court in the church of St. Adrian 
Spilamberto, Sant’Adriano Papa Church 

A number of important altar-pieces, and numerous examples of decorative art will be exhibited to the public  in the Church of St. Adrian. Many of these have been recently restored. Works by Scarsellino, and Stringa, will be on display together with important canvasses by F. Madonnina, provided with information cards. 

12 December 1998 - 28 March 1999 
The coins of the Estense State. 
Two centuries of minting in Modena. 
Modena, Monteccuccoli Palace 

An exhibition of important examples from the valuable medal collections of the National Museum of Rome. 

March  1999 
The invention of  a capital 
Multimedia exhibition 
Ground floor of Palazzo dei Musei 
Largo Sant Agostino 
Modena 

The capital city is the protagonist of a multimedia exhibition set out in the ground floor of Palace of Museums, conceived as a changeable and interactive space. 
It is possible to navigate in Modena’s past discovering the city of Francesco I and seeing the effect that the influx of the court had on the architecture, cultural, social, and religious life of the city.