Museo Nazionale del Risorgimento Italiano

Huge museum, incredibly interesting. Be ready to spend very many hours there if you like history. By the way, I don't recommend buying the audio guide, it's just not necessary. You get several videos along the way which you can watch while you get some rest.

While the building is beautiful and historically significant, do take notice of the non-Italian reviews here before visiting! The english language cards which describe each room’s theme and artefacts are poor translations and assume you already have the benefit of an Italian education. They don’t provide much context and this left me trying to piece things together using Wikipedia to try and appreciate the exhibits. I entered without any knowledge of the Reunification and not much had changed by the time I left. Very disappointing given the historic significance of the building.

Amazing place full of history. Not only the interesting museum but the Plaza, the building, the surroundings and the area. Such an important topic easy explained for historians like myself or people interested in history. Nice central area to discover more of amazing Torino. Its worth to take some time to see and observe details etc.

The museum itinerary includes the two original parliament houses: the Chamber of Deputies of the Subalpine Parliament - the only one in Europe, among those founded under the constitution of 1848, which has wholly survived and which was nominated National Monument in 1898 - and the majestic courtroom destined for the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Kingdom, with vaults painted by Francesco Gonin, built between 1864 and 1871.

If you like history, this is a wonderful museum to explore. The videos were very informative. The store had a nice book collection, but only in Italian.

First of all the building itself is espectacular, the birth place of Victor Emanuel II, first king of united Italy. The palace is full antiquities and tells the story of the union of Italy through 30 dedicated spaces, from the house of Savoy- Sardinia, the Napoleonic invasion, the revolt of 1848, Mazzini and Garibaldi. It houses the well preserved sub alpine parliament and the first Italian parliament. Italian history at its best!

You have to be really passionate of the period of the Italian Risorgimento to enjoy this museum, otherwhise it is not really worth the visit. When I decided to visit it I expected the palace itself to be more beautiful than it actually is; in fact, the museum is housed in Palazzo Carignano (you can visit some very beautiful rooms of the palace separately and those are really worth the visit) but most of the rooms have been completely restored to make space for the museum unfortunately. I was especially truly disappointed about the Savoy Parliament, which you can see just through a glass. It takes 1h/1h30m to visit it and the price of the ticket is not expensive

A well stocked museum, but little to offer non-Italian speaking visitors. I only read the first few reviews and really kicked myself after buying a family ticket. My partner and daughter got nothing from the whole museum, and despite my earnest attempts to better understand I am not convinced I learnt anything either ☹️