[2024 Turin Attraction] Travel Guide for Museo Nazionale Del Cinema Fondazione Maria Adriana Prolo (Updated Sep)
No.5 of Best Things to Do in Turin
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Address:
Via Montebello, 20, Turin, Italy
Opening times:
Open today at 9:00-19:00(Admission ends at 18:00)Opening Soon
Recommended sightseeing time:
1-3 hours
Phone:
+39 011 813 8560
Feel Like You Are Inside a Movie
Are you planning to watch a romantic movie with your beloved one?
Consider going one step further and bring your second half to the National Museum of Cinema in Turin inside the infamous Mole Antonelliana tower.
Learn everything from the first pre-cinematographic devices like magic lanterns to the modern techniques such as CGI. A ride on the panoramic elevator with glass walls to the panorama platform is highly recommended!
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The Antonelli tower in Turin
The Antonelli Tower is the most important art and cultural center in Turin. The tower is high 167.5 meters, it is the tallest building in the world in the 19th century, and now it is the National Film Museum of Italy. The museum space spans 5 floors, with a total exhibition area of about 3,200 square meters. The first floor consists of a temporary exhibition hall, a bookstore, a ticket office, a coffee bar and other public service spaces. The exhibition hall on the second floor allows people to understand the birth of modern films through various displays. The 3rd to 5th floors are covered by the magnificent dome, forming a huge shared space.
The dome in the tower is towering to the extreme, and the hall is very open. A transparent panoramic elevator can cross the entire building from the bottom up in 59 seconds, taking the audience to the 85-meter-high rooftop of the tower. The audience can not only dynamically overlook the wonderful exhibition area of the whole exhibition hall in the viewing elevator, but also overlook the whole view of the Alps and Turin from the rooftop.
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