Ferrania Film Museum
Industrial museum in Palazzo Scarampi in Cairo Montenotte, dedicated to the Ferrania film factory, founded in 1917, and to its workers' village.
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About the museum
The Ferrania Film Museum tells the story of the photosensitive materials factory founded in 1917 in Ferrania, in the Val Bormida. For decades it was Italy's only producer of photographic, cinematographic and radiographic films, and it made the name of the village a brand known around the world.
The museum is on the second floor of Palazzo Scarampi in Cairo Montenotte, which is owned by the municipality, and opened in 2018. It is managed by the Cooperativa Sociale Lanza del Vasto, which also organises cultural events, exhibitions and screenings.
The route is designed as a sequence of rooms presenting the different aspects of the industrial story: the factory, corporate culture, design and communication, architecture, products, the war years and more recent times. The collections come largely from the photographic archive of the plant, the Giuseppe Reggio archive and the archive of the Fondazione 3M.
Highlights
- Room with a scale model of the Ferrania plant
- Measuring instruments, films and objects from the factory
- Multimedia stations and audiovisual testimonies from workers
- Sections on colour and cinema, photographic and radiographic departments
- History of the workers' village and of the dopolavoro (after-work club)
Permanent exhibition
- Percorso permanente «La fabbrica sensibile» – Route through the museum's rooms on the Ferrania factory: photographic and radiographic departments, colour and cinema, products and communication, workers' village and archive.
- Founded
- 2018
- Operated by
- Comune di Cairo Montenotte (gestione Cooperativa Sociale Lanza del Vasto)
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €5 |
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| Reduced | €3visitors aged 6 to 16, school groups, companies, associations and bodies with an agreement with the municipality |
| Children & teens | €3free up to age 5 · Free up to 5; reduced for ages 6 to 16. |
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| Good to know | A virtual tour is also available on the museum's website. |
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