Irene Baldriga is a researcher at Sapienza University, where she achieved her degree, Ph.D and post-graduate specialization. She was awarded with several international grants, particularly to develop knowledge and competences in the field of Northern Renaissance and Baroque painting. Her interests spread from the connections between art and science in Italy and Northern Europe during the XVIth and XVIIth century, up to the history of collections and the social history of art in Flanders and in the Low Countries. She has collaborated with a number of international research teams focused on the Republic of Letters (European Science Foundation), dealing with the role of correspondence, the connections among academies and the circulation of cultural patterns in modern Europe. In the latest years, she has greatly enhanced her research activity and involvement in the field of museology, under a variety of perspectives, including didactics, political function, history of aesthetic experience, displays, social issues. In this particular context, she has been collaborating with international institutions, among which the Vatican Museums and the Ecole du Louvre. As a coordinator of the European project ITEMS, she was awarded with the Star Project prize. For her cultural engagement, in 2016 the French government assigned her the title of Chevalier of the Ordre des Palmes Academiques. She matured a wide experience in the field of cultural heritage didactics, as an instructor and by acting with responsibility of leadership and coordination. She has taught as a contract professor within Italian and International academic institutions. She has published extensively in Italy and abroad: essays for academic magazines, several scientific papers for collective volumes (Cambridge University Press, Dutch Royal Academy, Oxford University Press, Brill) and some monographs, among which “L’occhio della lince. I primi Lincei tra arte, scienza e collezionismo (1601-1630)” (Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, 2002), “Diritto alla bellezza. Educazione al patrimonio artistico, sostenibilità, cittadinanza” (Le Monnier Università, 2018), “Estetica della cittadinanza” (Le Monnier Università, 2020). She is a member of the scientific board of the Center for educational research on citizenships, social innovation and accessibility of Bologna University.