Guided tours can be organized from Tuesday through Sunday.
The Museum offers various itineraries that permit different levels of information about the collections, as well as guided tours of the temporary exhibits.
The guided tours can be organized during the normal opening hours of the Museum, as well as afterward for special occasions and events that, if desired, can be combined with cocktails or a dinner/buffet at the Cabiria Café. The tours last roughly 1 ½ hours.
The Archeology of Cinema
The tour illustrates the history of the shows and the innovations that have marked the fundamental stages of the birth of cinema: shadow theatres, optics, optical boxes, stereoscopes, magic lanterns, the reproduction of movement, chronophotography and cinematography.
The Archeology of Cinema: optics
This itinerary lets visitors experiment with and discover the phenomenon of the propagation of light, the laws of dioptrics and catoptrics; the physiological process of sight is explained, starting with the camera obscura.
The Movie Factory
This visit retraces the steps involved in making a film. Through famous sequences, production documents, set props, photographs and sketches, visitors discover everything that precedes the finished product and all the gears and cogs of a “movie factory.”
Temple Hall
The heart of the Museum, the spectacular Temple Hall is surrounded by thirteen "chapels" dedicated to the cult of cinema, with fascinating sets illustrating some of the major themes of the seventh art: Animated Films, Cinema of the Absurd, Horror and Fantasy, Mirrors, Westerns, Musicals, Science Fiction, True and False, Experimental Cinema, Love and Death, Big Bang, Cabiria, Torino the City of Cinema.
Poster Gallery
This itinerary presents the most important films and directors in film history through posters, as it illustrates the evolution of figurative trends in graphics and advertising poster art.
The Mole Antonelliana
This guided tour teaches about the historical building which hosts the Museum: Antonelli, the history of the project, the construction of the building and its successive conservation and restoration. The visit begins in the exhibition area of the Mole Antonelliana, which also features a tactile itinerary for the sight impaired.
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Contacts
Groups and schools
Reservations and guided tours
Tel. +39 011 8138 564 / 565
Monday to Friday 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Reservations are required, max. 25 people per group
Guided tours with LIS interpreters
Tel. +39 011 8138 517
Fax +39 011 8138 530
prenotazioni@museocinema.it
Exclusive guided tours after opening time
Tel. +39 011 8138 508
comunicazione@museocinema.it
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