From Tuesday, November 22 to Thursday, December 8, 2011 at the Italian Cultural Institute of Tokyo (Exhibit Hall) will be the exhibition Uffizi Virtual Museum, in collaboration with Centrica and Hitachi.

The exhibition offers the opportunity to get close to the direct knowledge of a series of masterpieces of the Uffizi Gallery through life-size replicas.

This is a digital theater that recreates the immersive experience in the Uffizi Gallery and 100 images scanned in high definition.

The event, organized by the Embassy of Italy, Italian Institute of Culture, Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, Museums of Florence, University of Florence MICC Italy Japan Foundation, is sponsored dall’Asahi Shimbun.