THE ARCHIVES
Of outstanding interest to scholars and researchers, the Archives were the first nucleus of the Museum itself. They house manuscripts, letters, papers, posters, edicts, and proclaims from the eighteenth through the twentieth century.
The collection began with gifts and bequeaths in the wake of the great celebrations of the Risorgimento held in Turin in 1884, and has been progressively enlarged by donations from the Savoys, other aristocratic families, and patriots, and is constantly enriched with books and documents given by scholars, private collectors and institutions, and through purchases from antiquarians

The Archives house many signed documents and records of the foremost political figures of the Risorgimento: the Savoys, Camillo Cavour, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Massimo D'Azeglio, Giuseppe Mazzini, Silvio Pellico, Costantino Nigra, Giacomo Dina (editor of "L'Opinione"), Tommaso Villa (one of the Museum's founders) etc. The complete collection of "La Gazzetta del Popolo" (1848-1961) is invaluable as a record of Italian political history and journalism, and over 1,000 posters illustrate the short life of newspaper "Repubblica Romana" (1849).

Historian and collector Terenzio Grandi (1884-1981) bequeathed a veritable archive within the Archives: it focuses on Mazzini's theories and the republican idea in Italy, and gives thorough documentary and bibliographical information from the early nineteenth century onwards.
The Archives' catalogue is being updated and computerized.

  

Facilities
Librarian assistance in the reading room
Photocopies and reproductions of photos and microfilms
Use of portable computers allowed in the reading room

Open Monday to Wednesday and Friday, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. , 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Thursday, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. , 2 p.m. - 6.45 p.m.

E-mail
biblcoordina.ris@libero.it