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Best Museums in Turin

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Founded in 1941 by Maria Adriana Prolo, the Museo Nazionale del Cinema is a delight to behold. Inside the museum, a whole new world of treasure awaits you. This museum boasts collections that would pique the interests of the most avid cinema-lover. Among the collections are photographs, archives, posters, films and a lot more, pertaining to the history of Italian as well as World Cinema. Do visit this museum and find out for yourself why it is one of the most preferred museums for visitors.

Originally arranged by Carlo Biscaretti di Ruffia, the Museo dell'automobile was moved to its current modern building in 1960. The collection is unique in Europe, and deals with the evolution of the car, starting with the first Italian carriages, including that of Bernardi from 1896 and Fiat in 1899 and ends in the 1980's. There are also some interesting models of luxury cars and a section reserved for racing cars.

Counted as one of the most prolific collections of the country, Museo Egizio in Turin is a treasure trove of ancient Egyptian archaeological items. It features the most expansive displays of Egyptian artifacts, with over 30,000 historical items on display. Established in the year 1824, it was set up at a time when preserving rare Egyptian curiosities was at its helm in the 19th Century. In 1824, Sardinia's King Charles Felix consolidated the acquisitions of Vitaliano Donati and Paduan Egyptologist with the House of Savoy. Museo Egizio's various object chronicle centuries of routine life, religion and art during the era of the Pharaohs. Some notable exhibits include the tomb of Kha, book of death, black sculpture of Ramses II and Ellesiya's rocky temple. Such riveting are the museum's displays, that they have interested some of the most celebrated historians, including the likes of the inventor of the iconic Rosetta Stone, Jean-François Champollion.

The Museum of the Risorgimento (Turin) occupies the first floor of Palazzo Carignano, a baroque building commissioned by Emamuele Filiberto of Savoy Carignano in 1679 and completed between 1864 and 1872. In 30 rooms the story of national unification and the Risorgimento is reconstructed. Look out for the room where the first Italian parliament was held and the studio of Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour. See the website for more information.

Museo Pietro Micca was opened in 1961 to remember one of the most popular heroes of Turin during the French siege of 1706 in an area that corresponds approximately to the center of the enemy front. Apart from plastics, prints and period relics, the visit to the underground of the city is particularly enchanting, a web of tunnels where the mine that killed Micca exploded.

Galleria d'arte Moderna e Contemporanea is the first, public, modern art collection and boasts around 15,000 works. The rooms within the building contain about 1000 works including paintings, sculptures, designs, engravings and photographs from a historic period which ranges from the nineteenth century to the avant-garde. From Italy, there are works by artists like Manzu, Fattori and Morandi.

Sabauda Gallery was established in 1832 through a grant of Carlo Alberto and contains the paintings of the old collection of the Dukes and Kings of the Savoy dynasty. It is one of the most important national art galleries. Apart from the Savoy collections and the wide repertory of works of the Italian masters and the Piedmont school, the gallery also boasts a prestigious collection of Dutch and Flemish paintings.

This Museum provides information on just about everything related to the Holy Shroud of Turin, the winding sheet that might have been folded around the body of Jesus Christ after the crucifixion, telling its story and describing the research that has investigated the famous cerement over the centuries, starting from 1500. The most precious piece on display in the Museum is the silver reliquary, where the Shroud was stored until 1998. Nowadays the Shroud is kept in a special bulletproof glass vacuum case in a Chapel inside the Cathedral. The event of the year for Turin will be the special Exhibition of the Shroud from April 10th to May 23rd. Two millions pilgrims are expected to visit it in the specially setup chapel inside Palazzo Chiablese, next to the Cathedral.

The 18th century Palazzo Re Rebaudengo belonging to Guarene d'Alba in the province of Cuneo houses the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudegno for art. Over the years the palace has become one of the most excellent centres of contemporary art, a meeting place for the new generations of artists, critics and curators of exhibitions, chronicling and displaying new advances in art.

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