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MAcA Museum, originally named Edificio 37<\/em>, is located in Turin, Corso Umbria 90.<\/strong><\/p>\n The building was originally edified by Michelin at the end of the 1940s (in 1906 Turin hosted the first plant of the Clermont-Ferrand firm outside its headquarters).<\/p>\n As a result of Michelin development \u2013 in the area between via Livorno and corso Umbria \u2013 the necessity to realize a new entrance on the west side arises.<\/p>\n In 1947\u00a0Edificio 37<\/em> is completed. A building developed on two floors, working as an entrance from corso Umbria, a reception point and a bicycle storage.<\/p>\n The following year a new floor is built to host the company\u2019s canteen and which would become the headquarter of the firm fire prevention division, with dedicated staff.<\/p>\n After its dismissing, the building has gone through a restoration process led by the architect Agostino Maniaghi and since 2004 <\/strong>it has become the headquarter of MAcA Museum, the first museum in Europe entirely dedicated to environmental issues<\/strong>, conceived by the architect Carlo Degiacomi<\/strong>, who has been its Director until 2013.<\/p>\n The Museum is focused on three main themes: energy, waste and water. In ten years it brought together expositions, exhibitions and national and international cooperation actions.<\/p>\n MAcA Museum fits perfectly into the City Museum Development Plan. Turin, in fact, has a strong scientific-technological tradition, which is rooted in the Universities and Academic Institutions (Accademia delle Scienze <\/em>in particular) of the area. This background brought to the development of a museum and collection network, dissemination and knowledge transmission.<\/p>\n MAcA has become part of the Turin Museum Development Network, a project which the City of Turin has been working on in the last decade.<\/p>\n In the same years of MAcA\u2019s creation, other Museums are brought to life, namely the Museo Diffuso della Resistenza, della Deportazione, della Guerra, dei Diritti e della Libert\u00e0<\/em> and the Ecomuseo Urbano<\/em> of Turin. They are all non-conventional museums, strictly linked to territorial identities with a widened vision and dynamic on cultural heritage.<\/p>\n Museums of \u201cdoing\u201d rather than \u201chaving\u201d, where knowledge is constantly elaborated.<\/p>\n MAcA fits perfectly in a concept of museum-lab. The visitor has an active role in building knowledge, led by pilots – specialized scientific entertainers.<\/p>\n A contemporary museum where interactivity, educational vocation and the long life learning principle cohabit: one never ends to learn and discover, no matter the age.<\/p>\n Photo credit: Filippo Gallino for the City of Turin, September 2001<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" History MAcA Museum, originally named Edificio 37, is located in Turin, Corso Umbria 90. The building was originally edified by Michelin at the end of the 1940s (in 1906 Turin […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1025,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-79","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n