carchaeology: 2025

Thursday, May 22, 2025

Monday, April 24, 2025 - Torino - Museo Nationale dell'Automobile - Part 1

Walked from the hotel to the Museo Nationale dell'Automobile in the morning.
Walked along the Arno river.
Was bout a 30 minute walk.
It's enjoyable to walk and experience an all new environment.

The museum's architecture is horizontal and modern.

Other than what looked like school groups, the museum was pretty sparsely visited.
It's a Monday, so not too surprising.
I showed my ticket receipt from the day before (at the Storico Fiat museum) & they gave me a discount for entry.

Nice gift shop in the entry hall area.

The main entrance has a very large empty space that looks like it could be used for events.
There's what looks like a high school group hanging out.

They have a "route" planned out to go through the museum.
You take an escalator up to the top floor and work your way around and down back to the lobby.
One of the vehicles that you start with is a FIAT from 1900.

Sunday, April 23, 2025 - Torino - Centro Storico Fiat - part 1

After checking into the hotel, I walked two short blocks over to the Centro Storico Fiat museum.

The best I can tell, this space was having a special exhibition celebrating the 125 year anniversary of the founding of FIAT (Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino).

What is was displaying before the special exhibit or what they'll do after, I don't know.

The entrance way into the museum/exhibit (this image and the one below).

I think the entrance fee was around 15 Euros.
The people at the ticket desk spoke English and were very helpful.
I told her that I planned to go to the National Auto museum next day & she told me that if I show the ticket stub from this museum, they'll give a discount for entrance.