Thursday, March 20, 2025

Universities Unveiled returns, the National University Day, promoted by the Conference of Italian University Rectors (CRUI) and sponsored by the Ministry of University and Research, this year in collaboration with the National Association of Italian Municipalities-ANCI, to which the University of Turin participates with initiatives to enhance the historical and monumental heritage of the University: guided tours, exhibitions, free events for the university community and all citizens, a meeting opportunity with families and future students (in collaboration with the City of Turin to which the collections of the Fruit Museum belong).

The initiatives are:

Museum Complex of the Anatomical Institutes Building (Corso M. d’Azeglio 52/Via P. Giuria 15 – Turin)
Free admission day from 10 AM to 6 PM

  • “Luigi Rolando” Museum of Human Anatomy
  • “Cesare Lombroso” Museum of Criminal Anthropology
  • “Francesco Garnier Valletti” Civic Museum of Fruit

Guided tours from 3 PM to 6 PM

  • “Luigi Rolando” Museum of Human Anatomy (continuous tours in small groups without reservation)
  • “Cesare Lombroso” Museum of Criminal Anthropology (continuous tours in small groups without reservation)
  • “Francesco Garnier Valletti” Civic Museum of Fruit and Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (reservation required by writing to museo.antropologia@unito.it)

Walking tour “To the Science City of Valentino” at 3:30 PM
Departure from Corso M. d’Azeglio 52 (organized by ASTUT – Scientific and Technological Archive of the University of Turin; reservation required by writing to astut@unito.it)

Walking tour “To the Science City of Valentino” at 5 PM
Departure from Viale P.A. Mattioli 25 (organized by ASTUT – Scientific and Technological Archive of the University of Turin; reservation required by writing to astut@unito.it)

 

Rectorate Palace (Via Po 17/Via G. Verdi 8 – Turin)
Open doors from 10 AM to 6 PM

  • Exhibition “The First Guardians of Memory. Burials in the Paleolithic” – Principe d’Acaia Hall
  • Exhibition “1925 – 2025 Payne and Leavitt – Two Astronomers, One Centenary” – Rectorate Courtyard
  • Documentary exhibition on the medievalist Giovanni Tabacco – Historical Archive Exhibition Hall

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Since its inception, the Day has aimed to showcase the driving role that Universities play in the country’s development and in promoting social cohesion. This year, the focus is particularly on university cities as privileged places for synergistic interaction between Universities and territories. As places of knowledge production and sharing, university cities are innovation platforms serving the country. Hence the strengthening of the CRUI – ANCI collaboration to make these cities increasingly functional, sustainable, dynamic, and attractive, benefiting not only student communities but also the broader urban population of which they are part.