Artribune maps corporate museums in Liguria, Italy
Artribune has initiated a project to map Italian corporate museums, beginning with Liguria, which highlights the heritage of Italian businesses through various artifacts and documents. This effort underscores the diverse nature of these institutions, which include both archives and interactive museums. Museimpresa, established in Milan in 2001 by Assolombarda and Confindustria, is led by Antonio Calabrò and encompasses over 130 members. In Liguria, the highlighted museums are: Fondazione e Archivio storico Ansaldo in Genoa (founded 18 February 2000), Associazione Museo della Melara in La Spezia (established 1985), Museo dell’Olivo Carlo Carli in Imperia, Museo dell’Orologio da Torre G.B. Bergallo in Tovo San Giacomo (founded 1996), and Museo della Storia del Genoa in Genoa (opened 2009).
Key facts
- Artribune maps corporate museums in Liguria, first of a region-by-region series.
- Museimpresa, founded in 2001 in Milan by Assolombarda and Confindustria, represents over 130 corporate museums in Italy.
- Antonio Calabrò is the current president of Museimpresa.
- Fondazione Ansaldo in Genoa was established on 18 February 2000 by Leonardo, Region of Liguria, Comune di Genova, and Città Metropolitana di Genova.
- Archivio Storico Ansaldo opened on 23 May 1980 as Italy's first corporate archive.
- Fondazione Ansaldo holds over 100 archival funds spanning 15 linear kilometers, including documents from Ansaldo, Bruzzo, Costa Armatori, Dufour, Finmare, Ilva-Italsider, Fonderie Grondona, Carmagnani, Unione Italiana Tramways Elettrici, Borsa Valori di Genova, Banco di Chiavari e della Riviera Ligure, and the Ansaldo family archive.
- Associazione Museo della Melara in La Spezia was founded in 1985 at the former OTO Melara plant, now part of Leonardo's Defense Systems Division.
- Museo dell’Olivo Carlo Carli in Imperia is housed in a 1931 Liberty-style building and includes a fossilized wild olive trunk from 12 million years ago.
- Museo dell’Orologio da Torre G.B. Bergallo in Tovo San Giacomo was established in 1996 and displays about 32 tower clocks from the 16th to 20th centuries.
- Museo della Storia del Genoa in Genoa opened in 2009, covers 500 square meters over three floors, and includes the historic Challenge Cup recovered in 2018.
Entities
Artists
- Carlo Carli
- Giovanni Bergallo
- Gianni Brera
- Richard Tims
Institutions
- Artribune
- Museimpresa
- Assolombarda
- Confindustria
- Fondazione Ansaldo
- Leonardo
- Finmeccanica
- Regione Liguria
- Comune di Genova
- Città Metropolitana di Genova
- Archivio Storico Ansaldo
- Ansaldo
- Bruzzo
- Costa Armatori
- Dufour
- Finmare
- Ilva-Italsider
- Fonderie Grondona
- Carmagnani
- Unione Italiana Tramways Elettrici
- Borsa Valori di Genova
- Banco di Chiavari e della Riviera Ligure
- Associazione Museo della Melara
- OTO Melara
- Divisione Sistemi di Difesa di Leonardo
- Fondazione Leonardo – Civiltà delle Macchine
- Museo dell’Olivo Carlo Carli
- Fratelli Carli
- Museo dell’Orologio da Torre G.B. Bergallo
- Museo della Storia del Genoa
- Genoa Cricket and Football Club
- Fondazione Genoa 1893
- Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali
- Sheffield FC
Locations
- Italy
- Liguria
- Milan
- Genoa
- Val Polcevera
- Villa Cattaneo dell’Olmo
- La Spezia
- Imperia
- Tovo San Giacomo
- Porto Antico di Genova