Experts' Choice Award Museo Nazionale del Risorgimento
What the experts agree on
Turin's Risorgimento Museum innovatively presents Italy's unification history across Guarini's striking palazzo, where visitors walk through the actual halls where Cavour and Garibaldi debated. Modern multilingual displays and engaging presentation
“If only school history lessons had been this interesting.”
– Lonely Planet
Fodor's "The Egyptian Museum's superb collection... one of the world's finest and largest museums of its kind." Full review
Michelin Guide 2 Stars
"You will visit the Sub-Alpine Parliament Hall, where Cavour, Garibaldi, Verdi and Manzoni spoke, and the Italian Parliament Hall, which was never used." Full review
Michelin Guide 2 Stars
"An unusually animated facade characterizes this palace built by Guarini, where the first King of Italy, Victor Emmanuel II, was born in 1820." Full review
Frommer's "The museum may be focused on the past, but the fascinating way it presents its displays is quite innovative for an Italian museum, with multilingual signage and labeling, audio guides, video guides" Full review
Rough Guide "Once you've admired Piazza San Carlo, head east to visit Museo Nazionale del Risorgimento Italiano"
Lonely Planet "The Museo Nazionale del Risorgimento Italiano suits anyone interested in modern Italian history"
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Lonely Planet "Also free is Palazzo Carignano, the seat of Italy’s first-ever parliament and home to the Museo Nazionale Risorgimento Italiano, a museum dedicated to Italian unification"
Lonely Planet "Get your teeth into contemporary Turin’s compelling backstory and understand the city's significant ‘engine room’ role in the unification of Italy at this brilliant history museum...."
