Inaugurated in July 2000, the Museo Nazionale del Cinema di Torino is unique in Italy and is one of the most important museums in the world for the richness of its cinematographic collections and for its captivating exhibits. It's a breathtaking vertical experience that, based on François Confino's design, unfolds following the crescendo of Antonelli's building.
The extensive collections, housed today inside the Mole Antonelliana, symbol of the city, started to take form in 1941 thanks to the project of Maria Adriana Prolo, collector and historian, who founded the Museo del Cinema. In 1942 the City of Turin gave the newly formed museum several rooms in the Mole Antonelliana to store and exhibit the materials that Prolo collected.
The museum has been a member of FIAF, the Fédération Internationale des Archives du Film, since 1953, and it became a foundation named after Prolo in 1992 thanks to the help of the Region of Piedmont, the City of Turin, the Province of Turin, Fondazione CRT and the Associazione Museo Nazionale del Cinema.
The collections currently on display are Cinematographic Archeology (the Prolo Collection and the Barnes Collection), the History of Photography (equipment and accessories, and photographic documents) and the Cinema Collection (publicity posters, photographic documents, equipment and accessories, props, recording collections, and sound tracks).
The museum covers an area of 3200 square meters and is laid out on 5 levels: Cinematographic Archeology, the Cinematographic Machine, the Publicity Poster Collection, Video Installations, and the Great Hall of the Temple.
The exhibition is rounded out by continuous cycles of films shown at the Cinema Multisala Massimo, near the Mole, and by the activities of the Cineteca and the studios in Via Sospello.
Fondazione CRT is a partner of Fondazione Prolo and follows the work started in 1984 by Cassa di Risparmio di Torino, which financed Cinema Massimo's first renovation project.
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