Belìce/EpiCentro della Memoria Viva
Museum in Gibellina devoted to the memory of the Belìce and the 1968 earthquake, with an exhibition route, digital archive and audio guide.
Have only individual sections read aloud
About the museum
The Belìce/EpiCentro della Memoria Viva museum is housed in Gibellina, in the building of the CRESM, the Centre for Economic and Social Research for the South. It presents itself as an open space that is “always under construction”, collecting stories and experiences of the Belìce Valley and its popular movements.
The project is supported by the Fondazione con il Sud, the Comune di Gibellina and the Provincia di Trapani, and forms part of the Rete museale e naturale belicina. The route traces the years of the earthquake, the marches and the reconstruction through works by artists and photographers who documented the area, including Letizia Battaglia and the agenzia Publifoto, alongside contemporary readings by younger artists.
Alongside the galleries, the museum maintains a digital archive divided into three periods (1950–1967, 1968–1980, from 1980 to today) and offers school groups routes to the lesser-known places of memory in the valley. In 2026, the year of Gibellina Capitale dell’Arte Contemporanea, it also hosts exhibitions, residencies and community projects.
Highlights
- Passage through the Belìce: marches, natural and man-made tremors
- “Passaggio delle coscienze” and video room
- Works by photographers and artists on the Belìce, including Letizia Battaglia
- “Voci in movimento”: autobiographical memories
- BEMV digital archive and audio guide on izi.travel
Permanent exhibition
- Percorso espositivo Belìce/EpiCentro – Five areas devoted to the territory, popular movements and natural events of the Belìce, with a video room, a multimedia educational space and a section of autobiographical memories.
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Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
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Amenities & dining
- Museum shop
The website has a Book&Shop section.
Events & venue rental
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Plan your visit
| Audio guide | yes |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Audio guide available on the izi.travel platform. Thematic routes on popular mobilisation and the places of memory of the Belìce Valley are offered to schools of all levels; information via the museum’s contact page. |
