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ARANDORA STAR: lest we forget
Saturday, July 2, on NOITV, at Colors of the Serchio, at 9 p.m., episode dedicated to the anniversary of the sinking of the ARANDORA STAR Repeated on Sunday, July 3, at 9 p.m....

"Museums of Smiles" Festival
From July 2 to October 22, 2022, the Territorial Museum System of the Province of Lucca is organizing the first Festival "The Museums of Smiles" . The initiative,...

Presentation of the volume: Carla Sodini, STRENGTH AND COURAGE. Biographies and stories of emigrants from Lucca in the 14th-19th centuries.
Presentation of the book: Carla Sodini, STRENGTH AND COURAGE. Biographies and stories of emigrants from Lucca in the 14th-19th centuries Friday, April 8 at 5 p.m. at the...

WELCOME!!!
With the smiling image of these children portrayed near the Christmas tree, with the toys received as gifts, we wish the same joy to be experienced together with the...

Exhibition "TURNING ROUND, PLAYING THE WORLD..."
Exhibition "TURNING ROUND, PLAYING THE WORLD..." The opening on Saturday 4 can be followed on the Paolo Cresci Foundation Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/FondazionePaoloCresci and from our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPTq5jayvjYWU3w70L84qqQ

TRAVELING INTO THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE
In San Pellegrino in Alpe, where the ancient paths of transhumance, pilgrims' paths and roads to the Apennines meet, as...

The New Barga. Architecture and decorative arts between Art Nouveau and eclectic style.
The Paolo Cresci Foundation, which preserves images and documents of Barga emigration in its archives, will also be present at the exhibition organized by the Ricci Foundation. "The New...

More issues of the online EMIGRATION BULLETIN.
On line the EMIGRATION BULLETIN of the years: 1910, 1915, 1922 In collaboration with the #CSER of Rome Our work continues... http://museo.fondazionepaolocresci.it/bollettino_emigrazione/ #coraggio #speranza #laculturanonsiferma #emigrazioneitaliana...

BEST WISHES!!!
Best wishes for a peaceful and hopeful Easter to all of you and your loved ones. President Dr. Alessandro Bianchini

PAOLO CRESCI MUSEUM REOPENS AGAIN.
PAOLO CRESCI MUSEUM REOPENS again from Tuesday, January 26, 2021 Hours: Tuesday through Saturday (closed Mondays and Sundays) 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; 3 p.m. to 6 p.m...

ROUND, ROUND PLAY THE WORLD ...
For information and reservations: info@fondazionepaolocresci.it GIRO, GIRO TONDO GIOCA IL MONDO... a volume that Pietro Luigi Biagioni has dedicated to a collection by Paolo Cresci,...

PAOLO CRESCI MUSEUM OPENED AGAIN.
OPEN AGAIN PAOLO CRESCI MUSEUM Hours: Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.; 3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Despite being a difficult time, as of today the museum...

NOTICE FOR THE RECRUITMENT OF 2 TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES
NOTICE FOR THE RECRUITMENT ON A TEMPORARY BASIS OF 2 EMPLOYEES FOR SUPPORT ACTIVITIES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE PAOLO CRESCI MUSEUM FOR THE HISTORY OF EMIGRATION...

"100 years of Tuscan flavors in the world" exhibition
On Sunday, July 19 from 6 p.m., at the Montalfonso Fortress in Castelnuovo di Garfagnana (Lucca), on the occasion of "Wine Preview - from the Tyrrhenian to the...

80th Anniversary of the Sinking of the ARANDORA STAR
JULY 2, 1940 On board the Arandora Star, a luxury cruise ship converted into a boat for deportees bound for Canada, 1,200 prisoners were crammed...

#IMD2020 | International Museum Day 2020
#laculturanonsiforms #IMD2020 | International Museum Day 2020 Today's International Museum Day, established by ICOM in 1977, with the aim of making people aware that Museums...

GOOD EASTER!
"If you knew what a melancholy Easter, but with the hope that the next one we could perhaps spend together I would be pacified" With the words of this emigrant, far away from his beloved, and with the same confidence to share the next one with all our loved ones, we send best wishes for a Happy Easter

WE WORK REMOTELY
EVEN THOUGH THE FOUNDATION OFFICES, LIKE THE MUSEUM, ARE CLOSED, WE WORK REMOTELY AND ALWAYS RESPOND TO EMAIL info@fondazionepaolocresci.it

Coronavirus Emergency - CLOSURE.
Complying with the new regulations, the Paolo Cresci Museum and the Paolo Cresci Foundation will remain CLOSED.

Presentation of Ave Marchi's book on ADAMO LUCCHESI
Presentation, edited by Director Pietro Luigi Biagioni, of the volume ADAMO LUCCHESI L'esplorazione del Gran Chaco e i suoi pionieri Quaderni della Fondazione Paolo Cresci No. 10 by Ave Marchi Saturday, February 15, 2020 at 5 p.m. at the Biblioteca Comunale "Adolfo Betti" in Bagni di Lucca (former...