Royal Museums in Turin

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The Royal Museums of Turin are a museum pole that was established in 2016. This new pole was previously known as "Royal Pole" (Polo Reale). The Royal Museums include the Royal Palace, the Royal Gardens, the Library and Royal Armory, the Sabauda Gallery, the Museum of Antiquities, the Chiabese Palace and the Chapelle du Saint-Suaire.

This is a 3 km long museum trail. The Royal Museums in Turin welcome visitors a year and present works of art and exhibitions. In the first year of its institution, the museum pole was the 22 most visited site of the Italian state with nearly 314,195 visitors.

Background
The name Musées Royaux was decided in 2016 by Enrica Pagella when she became Director of the unified museum complex. This name follows that of Pôle Royal which had been proposed by Mario Turetta former director of museums and director of Reggia di Venaria Reale (Royal Palace of Venaria).

Directorate of Museums
The director of the Royal Museums, Enrica Pagella, was appointed to her post by the Ministry of Cultural Property.

The consolidation of museums under one umbrella is a project initiated by Mario Turetta. In an interview with Torino Storia (Monthly Review created in 2015), Pagella says: .

According to the director's comments in the same interview, the new name was chosen in order to recall in the consciences of each (foreign visitors for example but also and especially Italian visitors and inhabitants).

Collections
The masterpieces (I Capolaviori)
This section of the site allows you to view all (or almost all) works of the Royal Museums reserves. Thus, it is possible to visualize some of the works of the Museum of Antiquities, the Royal Armory or the Royal Palace.
The masters of the Renaissance in Piedmont (Maestri del Rinascimento in Piemonte)
This section of the site allows visitors to discover the works of the masters of the Piedmontese Renaissance such as Defedente Ferrari, Macrino d'Alba, or painters active in the Piedmont de la Renaissance such as Bernardino Lanino.
From Nature to the Palace (Natura a Palazzo)
This section shows the works of the Royal Museums presenting natural elements. We thus find many still Natures with floral representations but also armors on which are represented floral motifs.
Feeding at the Palace (Nutrirsi a Palazzo)
This section of the site presents the Arts de la table at the Palais du temps of the Dukes and Kings of Savoie (collection of porcelains for example), in ancient times (old vases, plates, baskets) but also in some paintings.

Museums sections and distribution of works

The Royal Palace

Royal Gardens
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