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Institutional visit to the Restoration Conservation Center "La Venaria Reale": a sign of continuity and attention on the part of the institutions. Today, Mr Federico Mollicone, President of the Culture Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, visited the Centre’s laboratories and the site of the new scientific centre for diagnostics applied to cultural heritage. The visit represents a... Read more

The Centre takes part in an international cooperation project for the conservation and enhancement of the heritage of the Catedral de Santa Catalina de Alejandría, in Cartagena de Indias (Colombia). An international cooperation project for the conservation and enhancement of the heritage of the Catedral de Santa Catalina de Alejandría has been launched in Cartagena de Indias. ... Read more

The Restoration Conservation Centre ‘La Venaria Reale’ has signed an agreement with the Central Institute for Intangible Heritage (ICPI) for the protection and enhancement of intangible and demoethnoanthropological cultural heritage. The agreement activates a synergy between complementary competences: on the one hand the activities of documentation, inventorying and enhancement of intangible heritage, central areas of the mission ... Read more

Work has begun on the Centre's New Scientific Centre, dedicated to scientific research and diagnostics applied to the conservation of cultural heritage. The project is a further strategic step in the development path of the Centre. The new hub is located in the former Galoppatoio La Marmora: a historic building of the Piedmont Region, which, thanks to ... Read more

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

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

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 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

The presentation of the throne, which was the subject of an important intervention at the ‘La Venaria Reale’ Conservation Centre, was held today at the Palazzo Reale in Naples, thanks to the support of Intesa Sanpaolo, which allocated the work to the 20th edition of Restituzioni: the program to support the protection and enhancement of the historical and artistic heritage of the country. A ... Read more

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