The National Museum of the Italian Risorgimento was founded in 1878 and is, due to the historical importance of its collection, the only museum of the Italian Risorgimento to have the qualification of "national". The museum is dedicated to the historical period of the Risorgimento during which the political unification of Italy took place and in which the city of Turin, with its important politicians, played a central role. Since 1938 the seat of the Museum of the Risorgimento is Palazzo Carignano which houses, in its 30 rooms, a collection of over 2,500 pieces.
Immediately after the 2006 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Turin, the museum was closed to allow for restoration work and to renew the exhibition area occupied by the permanent exhibition. The Museum was then reopened in 2011 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy.
The restoration has made it possible to enrich the museum’s itineraries through films made with images from the most important collections in Europe projected on large screens and from large interactive tables, thanks to which it is possible to explore the themes of the various videos. The most important part of the collection is undoubtedly represented by the Chamber of Deputies of the Subalpine Parliament, since 1898 a national monument and the only original example in the world of the parliamentary classrooms established after the revolutions of 1848.
