The Widespread Museum of the Resistance in Turin is an unconventional, original and innovative museum where you can discover the history and values of the Italian Resistance.
A tribute to Italy’s past and an important opportunity to reflect on its present.
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Opening days
Open from Tuesday to Sunday
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Opening times
10.00 - 18.00
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Closing
Monday
- Web Widespread Museum of the Resistance
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Feature List
- Info line
- Wheelchair accessible
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Accessibility
The permanent exhibition of the Museum is accessible via ramps and lifts
Visual-tactile maps are available along the itinerary
- Info Reservation
HISTORY
The “Museo della Resistenza, della Deportazione, della Guerra, dei Diritti e della Libertà” (‘Museum of the Resistance, Deportation, War, Rights and Freedom’) was opened in 2003 and has a name that is as long and complex as the cultural, economic and social transformations it examines.
The core of the museum is in Palazzo dei Quartieri Militari, designed by Filippo Juvarra in the early 18th century, but as per the concept of a “museo diffuso” (“widespread museum”) it also includes and showcases many of the historical sites in Turin’s urban fabric. From the Sacrario del Martinetto, a symbolic monument commemorating Turin’s contribution to the Resistance, to the air raid shelter in Piazza Risorgimento and from the army barracks in Via Asti to the block of Teatro di Torino, the museum brings together traces of history still conserved in Turin, giving you the chance to examine the close relationship between history and the city.
VISITING MUSEO DIFFUSO DELLA RESISTENZA DI TORINO
Museo della Resistenza has spaces for temporary exhibitions and a permanent display with evocative multimedia installations in the air raid shelter discovered during the restoration of the building. As well as the Resistance, the museum also focuses on the themes of rights and freedom with temporary exhibitions on many different aspects of this period of history, from the Shoah to women’s rights, immigration to the Balkan War, and the words of democracy to the problems of refugees.
The visit to the other sites of the museum, transformed by the urban revolution and often forgotten, will acquaint you with a series of stories that all form part of our identity. Here you can reflect on the importance of the memories and values of the Resistance and the fundamental rights and freedoms of people, of which not everybody is aware, either due to their age or background.
Whether you are history experts or simply keen to learn more, the Museo diffuso della Resistenza is certainly worth a visit.
Here you can find fragments of history shaped by our identity as Italian citizens. Write to us so we can help organise your trip.
Additional Info
TICKETS
_FULL PRICE € 5.00
_REDUCED € 3.00
- visitors between 18 and 25 and over 65 years of age
- booked groups of 15 to 30 participants
- teachers
- members Friends of the Museum, ARCI, FAI, holders of Membership Card Polo del '900, UISP members
- visitors who have purchased an entrance ticket to the Museum or to the temporary exhibition on the same day
_FREE
- under 16 years of age
- ICOM members, PASS60, Torino Piemonte Museums Subscription
- people with disabilities and a person accompanying them
- tour guides (with identification card)
- journalists (with ID card)
Where
Palazzo dei Quartieri Militari, Corso Valdocco 4/A, Torino (TO)
Transportation
Car: A21 Turin - Piacenza, A4 Turin - Milan, Exit: Turin C.so Unità d'Italia; parking: Valdo Fusi, San Carlo
Metro: stop XVIII December
Bus: on the website www.gtt.to.it the nearest railway station: Torino Porta Susa
Visiting Rules
Face masks strongly reccommended. Find out more