The materials collected for Ferrara on the occasion of the Italian General Exposition in Turin in 1884, exhibited in the Risorgimento Pavilion, and for the Bologna Exhibition of 1888 “The Time of the Risorgimento” constitute the first core of the museum. Initially kept at the Civic Art Gallery, they were later transferred to the Ferrarese Athenaeum at Palazzo dei Diamanti. The museum was inaugurated in that location in 1903, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary celebrations of the death of the Ferrarese patriots Domenico Malagutti, Giacomo Succi and Luigi Parmeggiani, who were executed by the Austrians during the Austro-Papal restoration of 1853. The original materials were partly lost due to damage suffered by the building during the Second World War. In 1958, the new museum was inaugurated with the Risorgimento section, to which, a year later, a section dedicated to the theme of the Resistance was added. The route dedicates three rooms to the Risorgimento history of Ferrara with political and satirical prints, photographs, memorabilia, weapons, flags, uniforms, medals, and documents from the arrival of the French in the city (1796) to the First World War. In another space, a large collection of materials related to the period between 1919 and 1945 is exhibited, particularly on anti-fascist activity and the liberation war in the Ferrara area; it includes correspondence, memorabilia, and a historical-educational archive gathering photographs, posters, local and national prints.
Information on the Museum of the Risorgimento and Resistance
Corso Ercole I d’Este, 19,
44121 Ferrara (Ferrara)
0532768490
etnografico@comune.fe.it
https://www.comune.fe.it
Source: MIBACT
