Museo Diffuso della Resistenza, della Deportazione, della Guerra, dei Diritti e della Libertà

About the museum

The Museo Diffuso opened on 30 May 2003 to give Turin a centre for reflection on contemporary history, in particular the Resistance, deportation and the Second World War. The idea emerged at the end of the 1990s, at the urging of Resistance associations and with the support of the city council.

The venue is the Palazzo dei Quartieri Militari di San Celso, in Corso Valdocco, designed by Filippo Juvarra and built between 1716 and 1728, reopened after a long restoration. The same building houses the Archivio Nazionale Cinematografico della Resistenza, the Piedmont Institute for the History of the Resistance and, since 2009, the Centro Internazionale di Studi Primo Levi.

The museum is “diffuse” because it does not end at its exhibition rooms: it coordinates visits to the main places of memory in the city and the province, and promotes projects linked to the pietre d’inciampo (stumbling stones). It has been a participating member of the Fondazione Polo del '900 since 2016 and of the Paesaggi della Memoria network. The permanent route tells the story of the Resistance and the birth of the Constitution through materials, documents, testimonies and multimedia.

Key themes

• Permanent multimedia route on the Resistance, deportation and the Constitution
• Air-raid shelter that can be visited
• Palazzo dei Quartieri Militari di San Celso, designed by Filippo Juvarra
• Coordination of visits to Turin’s places of memory
• Tactile maps and audio access to interviews, testimonies and films

Founded

2003

Operated by

Associazione Museo Diffuso della Resistenza, della Deportazione, della Guerra, dei Diritti e della Libertà

Admission & discounts

Free admission: Also free on the visitor’s birthday.

Free admission also for ICOM members, PASS60 holders, Abbonamento Musei Torino Piemonte and Torino+Piemonte Card holders, tour guides and journalists with a press card, teachers accompanying a class, and Friends of the Museum. Payment in cash, by credit or debit card, and via Satispay.

Accessibility

• Partially wheelchair accessible
• Elevator
• Accessible restroom
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome
• Tactile models & exhibits
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The museum is accessible to visitors with mobility impairments via ramps and lifts, except the air-raid shelter and the post-it room. The shelter has benches for resting. Accessible toilets are on the ground floor and the second floor. Guide dogs are admitted and, if they do not disturb others, pets too. Tactile maps and audio access to much of the route allow guided visits for people with visual impairments. Graphic content is in Italian with English translation; the videos have English subtitles.

Kids & families

Reduced rates for families and a wide educational offer for schools.

Getting there & parking

By car from the ring road: exit at Corso Regina Margherita.

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop
• Lockers

Bookshop with informational materials also in English, French, German, Spanish and Arabic. At the entrance there are free lockers with keys for bags and luggage; for groups, boxes for backpacks.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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