The Ship of Sila is housed in an ancient cowshed, restored by Architect Sila Barracco in the Old Calabria Park. It was created in an attempt to tell the story of Italian emigration from a non-regional perspective, although there are in-depth looks at Calabria, such as the tales of a Morano Calabro family’s journeys around the world. However, the overall view has a national scope. The reconstruction, sketched by Architect Anna Cilia, of a ship, rich in suggestions thanks to the scenography and skillful use of lights, curtains, and space, aims to offer a panorama of the great epic of emigrants. The exhibition of a collection of photographs, illustrations, and old magazine covers, made possible by donations from foundations, institutes, photographic agencies, publishing houses, and private collectors (from the Cresci Foundation to the Agnelli Foundation, from Corriere della Sera to Istituto Luce) is accompanied by texts by Gian Antonio Stella that tell the story through numbers and poems, literary testimonials and statistics, adventures of entire villages, individual families, men, women, and children.
Information about The Ship of Sila – Narrating Museum of Emigration
Torre Camigliati ,
Spezzano della Sila (Cosenza)
0984 578200
info@oldcalabria.org
Source: MIBACT
