Making Italians – 150 years of national history
Periodo di apertura: dal 17 marzo al 20 novembre 2011
Location: Officine Grandi Riparazioni, Corso Castelfidardo 22, Torino
Opening days and times
From March 17 to June 2 2011
Open every day.
Monday 9am-4pm.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday 9am-8pm.
Friday and Saturday 9am-10pm.
From June 3 to September 4 2011
Closed on Mondays.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday 9 a.m. - 8 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 9 a.m. - 10 p.m.
From September 6 to November 20 2011
Closed on Mondays.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. - 8 p.m.
CARD MEMO 150
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Making Italians. 150 years of Italian history
The exhibition tells the story of Italy from its Unification through to the present date: not a succession of events but a history of the people. The protagonists are Italians themselves in all their different ways, described by means of all those moments that have brought them together and given them a common identity. These steps form part of a journey lasting 150 years during which “people became Italians”.
To tell of this century and a half of unified history from a critical viewpoint, the exhibition will be showing the main elements that have held Italians together as well as those factors that have maintained or increased the divisions, representing them by multiple narrations and languages.
The multimedia, creative and technological exhibition requires visitors to choose their own routes and to explore them interactively, along two directions running parallel.
The first takes a chronological line, a sequence of dates referring to the most important events in Italy’s history and which accompany the entire exhibition. The second is made up of thirteen “thematic islands” relating to the aspects that have most influenced the profile of Italians: Italian cities, farmer’s world, school, church, migration, First World War, Second World War, political participation, mafias, factories, market products, transportation, mass media.
Produced by: Città di Torino and Comitato Italia 150 with the collaboration of the Teatro Stabile di Torino directed by Mario Martone
Scientific Committee: Walter Barberis, Giovanni De Luna
Consultants: Aldo Agosti, Piero Bevilacqua, Paolo Cozzo, Antonio Gibelli, Giovanna Ginex, Nicola Labanca, Salvatore Lupo, Vittorio Marchis, Marco Meriggi, Massimo Negri, Edoardo Novelli, Stefano Pivato, Pier Paolo Poggio, Vanessa Roghi, Simonetta Soldani, Maddalena Tirabassi, Mario Virano
Artistic direction: Paolo Rosa
Multimedia project:
Graphics: Magutdesign
In collaboration with: Fondazione Torino Musei - GAM Torino, Teatro Regio di Torino, Museo Nazionale del Cinema, RAI, Cinecittà Luce, Touring Club Italiano
Main Partner: Intesa Sanpaolo
