SAIMP – Strengthening African – Italian Museum Partnerships: in March the workshops in Italy

The SAIMP - Strengthening Africa - Italian Museum Partnerships project, coordinated by the University of Turin and supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) through the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), promotes collaboration between Italian and Eastern and Central African museums, cultural institutions and universities with the aim of strengthening the ... Read more

Visconti-Sforza Tarot decks on display in Bergamo

Today the exhibition ‘Tarocchi. Origins, cards, fortune’: A fascinating seven-century journey through the history of the tarot, from the luxury of the Renaissance courts to contemporary creativity. At the center, the extraordinary Visconti-Sforza Tarot decks: illuminated masterpieces of the fifteenth century that tell the Milan of the fifteenth century between art, ... Read more

Sustainable conservation. A workshop on Opuntia ficus-indica mucilage (nopal)

For more than ten years, the mucilage of the Opuntia ficus-indica has been the subject of research, publications and scientific experiments in the field of the conservation of cultural heritage. Today, that knowledge takes a decisive step: enter into operational practice. The Restoration Conservation Centre ‘La Venaria Reale’ is promoting a seminar dedicated to bridging the gap between scientific production and application ... Read more

The collection continues, support the research

The crowdfunding campaign “Revealing the past, protecting the future”, supported by Intesa Sanpaolo and active on the For Funding platform, was extended until the end of March. It is therefore still possible to support the research activities of the Restoration Conservation Centre ‘La Venaria Reale’, contributing to the development of advanced tools and methodologies for knowledge and ... Read more

Preparatory meetings for the preparation for the admission tests to the Master's Degree Course in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage

On Friday 20 February, at 2 p.m., the preparatory meetings for the preparation for the admission tests to the single-cycle Master’s degree course in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage of the University of Turin will be held online, in agreement with the ‘La Venaria Reale’ Conservation Restoration Centre. The initiative is aimed at those who intend to deepen ... Read more

The Centre in Deir el-Medina with the team of Egyptologists and conservators of the Egyptian Museum

In recent weeks, the director of the Restoration Laboratories and the JRC School of Higher Education La Venaria Reale, Michela Cardinali, with the head of the Wall Paintings Restoration Area, Marie-Claire Canepa, and the restorer Roberta Coco are working with a team of Egyptologists and conservators from the Egyptian Museum in Turin in the burial chamber of the ... Read more

The Choirs of the Certosa of Pavia in the laboratories of the Center

The Restoration Conservation Centre "La Venaria Reale" is engaged in a project of study, investigation and restoration dedicated to a core of illuminated choirs of the Certosa di Pavia, large-format liturgical volumes made between the end of the fifteenth and the second half of the sixteenth century and intended for collective use during solemn celebrations. The ... Read more

The restoration of oriental fabrics Kachō (Flowers and birds), today at the Garda Civic Museum in Ivrea

For the new set-up of the oriental collection of the P. A. Garda Civic Museum in Ivrea "Kachō Flowers and birds in oriental art", a nucleus of 6 extraordinary fabrics of Japanese origin has been entrusted to the Laboratory of Textile Manufactures of the JRC La Venaria Reale. The whole is characterized by a particular richness both in terms of types and of materials and executive techniques ... Read more

The evolution of seams in sartorial use. A course with Luca Costigliolo

How do you keep a historical dress?   The JRC La Venaria Reale offers the advanced training course ‘The evolution of seams in tailoring’, dedicated to the study of the sewing techniques used in the manufacture of historic clothes between the 16th and 19th centuries. The workshop aims to address the evolution and use of the various stitching points used in ... Read more

From Genoa to Venaria. The restoration of the September–October tapestry, part of the Twelve Month Series

The collaboration between the Centro Conservazione Restauro La Venaria Reale and the Museums of Strada Nuova in Genoa has started for the pilot project dedicated to the September-October tapestry, part of the Twelve Months series of English manufacture (Mortlake, early 17th century) belonging to the civic collections. The initiative aims to establish a shared protocol for ... Read more