Scientific Hub for Advanced Research
and Analysis of Cultural Heritage
The Centre’s new Scientific Hub is taking shape: a space dedicated to pioneering research and analysis of cultural heritage. In the historic setting of the former La Marmora Riding Hall, construction has been underway for several months to bring new life to a long-disused building, transforming it into an internationally oriented research infrastructure. A project that strengthens the connection between the Centre, the city of Venaria Reale, and the wider region.
The Scientific Hub will be a place where science and innovation come together within an interdisciplinary system of expertise, with the aim of developing increasingly advanced instrumentation and methodologies to deepen our understanding of artworks and support conservation treatments. This approach places strong emphasis on sustainability and the responsible enhancement of cultural heritage.
At its core is an ecosystem open to collaboration, built through strategic partnerships with research institutions, universities, and industry, fostering shared projects in scientific research and technological development. In this context, the Hub becomes a space where ideas, skills, and cutting-edge tools converge, opening new perspectives for the study and preservation of cultural heritage.
"The new CCR Scientific Hub project" - emphasises Alfonso Frugis, President of the CCR - "has been one of my primary goals to strengthen the Centre’s role as a place of excellence, enhancing its scientific and operational capacities and reinforcing Italy’s leadership in conservation and applied research for cultural heritage. It is the result of a long-term strategy that consolidates our identity as an innovation-driven institution in the cultural heritage field and that, we hope, will generate positive cultural, economic, and social impacts for the region. We are honoured to see that the support first from the Regione Piemonte and later from the Ministry of Culture confirms the recognition of the Centre’s value".
"The creation of the new Scientific Hub marks a pivotal moment in the Centre’s history" - says Federica Pozzi, Director of the CCR Scientific Laboratories. "It is a project designed to expand access to analytical capabilities and to strengthen the CCR’s technical and scientific expertise, also through the development of a network of strategic partnerships at local, national, and international levels. More than just an infrastructure, it represents a shared vision grounded in innovation, collaboration, and sustainability, with the goal of making a concrete, lasting, and responsible contribution to the future of knowledge and preservation of cultural heritage".
A construction site in progress
Expertise and technologies for cultural heritage
The Scientific Hub is conceived as an open, collaborative ecosystem, designed to welcome students, researchers, field specialists, and institutional partners. Analytical activities will be strengthened through advanced technologies, highly specialised expertise, dedicated services for conservators and cultural heritage professionals, synergies with international experts and institutions, and support for local projects and enterprises.
A new research infrastructure
CCR and accessibility
