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Hours Tues-Sun 9am-7pm
Address
Via Accademia delle Scienze 5
Transportation Bus: 4, 13, 18, 55, or 66
Phone 011-562-1147
Prices Admission 5€ ($6.50) adults; 3.50€ ($4.55) ages 10-18, students under 25, and seniors over 65

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Much of modern Italian history has been played out in Turin and much of it, fittingly, in this palazzo that was home to the first king of a unified Italy, Vittorio Emanuele II, and the seat of its first parliament, in 1861. While any self-respecting town in Italy has a museum of the Risorgimento, the movement that launched Italian unification, this one is the best. Documents, paintings, and other paraphernalia recount the heady days when Vittorio Emanuele banded with Garibaldi and his Red Shirts to oust the Bourbons from Sicily and the Austrians from the north to create a unified Italy. The plaques that sum up each room are in English, and they will finally reveal to you the people behind the names of half the major streets and piazzas in Italy -- including Mazzini, Vittorio Emanuele II, Massimo d'Azeglio, Cavour, and Garibaldi. The last rooms house a fascinating collection that chronicles Italian Fascism and the resistance against it. Note: The museum will remain closed for restorations through the end of 2008.

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