The Archive of the Paolo Cresci Foundation for the history of Italian emigration, named after the Florentine scholar who oversaw its collection, includes a miscellaneous documentary material relating to Italian emigration between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In May 2002, the Foundation was set up which proposes the realization of various and diversified initiatives, aimed at widening and deepening research on the history of Italian emigration and emigrants and the conservation and enrichment of its heritage.
Educational services
Guided tours
Users: schools, organized groups, associations, tourists etc.
The activities are free
On reservation
Teaching activity
The sources for the history of emigration
The letters of the emigrants
Emigration and its representation
Emigration and its effects on the territory
Intercultural education
Users: schools, organized groups, associations, tourists, etc.
Teaching aids: cards to fill in, paper teaching materials, photographic images
Method of implementation: 3 meetings of 2 hours each, with frontal lesson, manual laboratory, verification exercises.
Where it takes place: school, museum classrooms
The activities are free
On reservation
Other activities
Conferences
Thematic insights
Thematic itineraries
Organized trips
Workshops
History and interculture magazine “Altrove” (print and online version)
Users: associations, organized groups, tourists etc.
The activities are free
For a fee, the print magazine
On reservation
Contacts
Museum manager: Pietro Luigi Biagioni
tel 0583 417483 fax 0583 417770
e-mail info@fondazionepaolocresci.it
Progetto finanziato da:
