Missing a few days at the inauguration of the renovated National Automobile Museum of Turin. Current "X" will fire Saturday, March 19, when the President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano will cut the ribbon to reopen the tricolor flying a real institution Italian car. After four years of forced closure, the National Automobile Museum returns completely renovated, with new structures and arrangements.
Its size is almost doubled compared to the previous configuration and technology has finally crossed the threshold of what had become almost obsolete and install a "mummified". Before the opening it was possible to enjoy a special preview at the awards ACI-CSAI, which were held Friday, March 4 just inside the museum.
All samples of Italian 2010 found themselves in the new "square" created at the entrance of the museum, but the first was an interesting tour of the facility can still finish. He led the tough Gaffin Director Rodolfo Rossi, who has repeatedly stressed the new mission of the museum. "Our goal - he said - was beginning to make a museum not only for specialists, but to apply to a wide audience as possible.
We wanted the museum to remove the label of dusty garage and convey to visitors the knowledge that we possess not only through the objects in the collection but also through a spectacular setting and dedicated to challenging issues of various kinds. "From what we could see it appears that the objective was largely achieved.
The total investment for the works was € 33 million - funded by City, County and Chamber of Commerce of Torino, Regione Piemonte, Compagnia di San Paolo, Fondazione CRT, ACI and Reale Mutua Insurance - and the result can be summarized in few words: the Museum finally an international character.
His extraordinary content use time at a structure that has nothing to envy to the most important museums in the world. The project - chosen from the 52 proposals submitted in 2005 - is the group formed by Cino Zucchi Architects, Proger Recchi and Engineering, while the exhibition was curated by French designer Francois Confino, already a leader in Turin with the National Museum of Cinema.
"Rather than expose his car - said Confino - the museum tells the legend of the car, in which characters and situations are mixed with characters and situations born from the imagination. A plot that makes us reflect on issues related to cars like the passion and its excesses, the allure and dangers, harmful effects on the environment and the virtues of mobility, technology and art.
"The National Museum of 'Automobile is one of the oldest in the world. Born in 1932 from an idea by Cesare Goria Gatti and Roberto Biscaretti of Ruffia. But it is the latter's son, Charles, brought together the initial collection and work for its official Trustees, dated February 22, 1957.
The opening, however, dates back to November 3, 1960. The Collection - now "spread" on 19 thousand square meters - over 200 cars and 85 different brands from eight countries. pieces that range from steam wagon in 1854 to Virginia Bordino latest creations. To these is added a documentation center consists of 6,500 volumes, over 25,000 images, about 1,500 automobile factories, 3,500 runs, 2,000 characters.
All accessible by the public in an area new and brighter than 800 square meters. The exhibition is spread over three levels. begins on the second floor with the theme "The car and the twentieth century." You then go down to the first "Man and the car" and concludes with "The car and design." The issues are in turn divided into 30 sections that clearly define certain key moments in history.
As of March 20, the Museum will be open on Mondays from 10 to 14, from 14 to 19 on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday from 10 am to 19 pm, Friday and Saturday from 10 to 21. For information: info @ museoauto. en-us; Phone 011.677666. 
Its size is almost doubled compared to the previous configuration and technology has finally crossed the threshold of what had become almost obsolete and install a "mummified". Before the opening it was possible to enjoy a special preview at the awards ACI-CSAI, which were held Friday, March 4 just inside the museum.
All samples of Italian 2010 found themselves in the new "square" created at the entrance of the museum, but the first was an interesting tour of the facility can still finish. He led the tough Gaffin Director Rodolfo Rossi, who has repeatedly stressed the new mission of the museum. "Our goal - he said - was beginning to make a museum not only for specialists, but to apply to a wide audience as possible.
We wanted the museum to remove the label of dusty garage and convey to visitors the knowledge that we possess not only through the objects in the collection but also through a spectacular setting and dedicated to challenging issues of various kinds. "From what we could see it appears that the objective was largely achieved.
The total investment for the works was € 33 million - funded by City, County and Chamber of Commerce of Torino, Regione Piemonte, Compagnia di San Paolo, Fondazione CRT, ACI and Reale Mutua Insurance - and the result can be summarized in few words: the Museum finally an international character.
His extraordinary content use time at a structure that has nothing to envy to the most important museums in the world. The project - chosen from the 52 proposals submitted in 2005 - is the group formed by Cino Zucchi Architects, Proger Recchi and Engineering, while the exhibition was curated by French designer Francois Confino, already a leader in Turin with the National Museum of Cinema.
"Rather than expose his car - said Confino - the museum tells the legend of the car, in which characters and situations are mixed with characters and situations born from the imagination. A plot that makes us reflect on issues related to cars like the passion and its excesses, the allure and dangers, harmful effects on the environment and the virtues of mobility, technology and art.
"The National Museum of 'Automobile is one of the oldest in the world. Born in 1932 from an idea by Cesare Goria Gatti and Roberto Biscaretti of Ruffia. But it is the latter's son, Charles, brought together the initial collection and work for its official Trustees, dated February 22, 1957.
The opening, however, dates back to November 3, 1960. The Collection - now "spread" on 19 thousand square meters - over 200 cars and 85 different brands from eight countries. pieces that range from steam wagon in 1854 to Virginia Bordino latest creations. To these is added a documentation center consists of 6,500 volumes, over 25,000 images, about 1,500 automobile factories, 3,500 runs, 2,000 characters.
All accessible by the public in an area new and brighter than 800 square meters. The exhibition is spread over three levels. begins on the second floor with the theme "The car and the twentieth century." You then go down to the first "Man and the car" and concludes with "The car and design." The issues are in turn divided into 30 sections that clearly define certain key moments in history.
As of March 20, the Museum will be open on Mondays from 10 to 14, from 14 to 19 on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday from 10 am to 19 pm, Friday and Saturday from 10 to 21. For information: info @ museoauto. en-us; Phone 011.677666.
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