The National Cinema Museum
The National Cinema Museum, Cinema museum in Mole Antonelliana, Turin, Italy.
Description
The National Cinema Museum sits inside the Mole Antonelliana and spreads across five floors with rooms filled with projectors, cameras, scripts, and costumes from more than a century of filmmaking. The central hall beneath the tall dome serves as the main exhibition space, where thematic areas trace the development of different genres and techniques.
History
The museum was founded in 1958 by film collector Maria Adriana Prolo, who spent decades gathering objects related to cinema. In 2000, the institution moved into the Mole Antonelliana and opened there after a major redesign for the public.
Culture
In the main hall, visitors find lounge chairs scattered across the floor where they can recline and watch film clips projected onto the dome above. This setup invites people to experience cinema as a shared moment, lying back while excerpts from different eras play overhead in a relaxed setting.
Practical
The exhibition spreads over several floors, with an elevator running up to the top platform that offers a view across the city. Anyone wanting to see all the sections should plan at least two hours, as many interactive stations and display cases invite you to linger.
Did you know?
The collection holds more than 80,000 photographs and 300,000 film posters, some of which appear in rotating displays that offer insight into advertising graphics and visual language from different decades. A dedicated cinema in a nearby complex regularly screens classics and rarities from the in-house archive of 12,000 reels.
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