#NataledaRe, a series of online events to celebrate Christmas with the Royal Museums of Turin

The Royal Museums of Turin present #NataledaRe, a series of initiatives proposed for the month of December to mark the ever-closer holiday season. It begins with webinars, starting Thursday, Dec. 17, at 5 p.m. The evening, titled Dialogues under the Tree, will tell about the collections by focusing on themes... Christmas: from ancient pagan festivities to images of the Nativity, from the gifts of the Magi to the shape of the stars, and court ceremonies, everything about Christmas in the works of art and archaeology preserved in the Royal Museums will be recounted by the curators of the collections in a meeting with the public at tea time. An opportunity to weave dialogues about different eras, art forms and traditions, ask questions, exchange reflections and good wishes. The webinar is free to attend, subject to availability, by logging on to the link: https://museireali.my.webex.com/museireali.my-it/j.php?MTID=m5e6c7ae39a64b8b7a868132dfc40ea51 (for information and registration: mr-to.edu@beniculturali.it).

It then continues on Monday, Dec. 21, at 5 p.m. with the virtual exhibition lncensum. From Exhibition to Web, curated by the Royal Museums in collaboration with thePer Fumum Association. Perfume has always represented an important privileged path of knowledge of the ancient world, and in a particular way the history of incense, its trade and diffusion, proposes interesting interweavings between archaeology and art history. It will be possible to delve into some of the themes related to the trade routes that once brought peoples and cultures together, belonging crosswise to different religious traditions and recurring in the tributes due to the powerful of the earth, whose memory is still alive today in the Christian iconography of Christmas.

And then again, social appointments to discover these curiosities and celebrate Christmas with even remote activities: for example, one concerns the... stars shining in the halls of the Royal Museums! Painted on ceilings and in paintings, engraved in shiny metal, inlaid on wooden floors: for all to admire, their fantastic shapes will be transformed into shining decorations for the tree or for the home. On Friday, Dec. 18, the Royal Museums website and social channels will feature the Quante stelle brillano quaggiù! photo tutorial for families to make Christmas decorations together.

Finally, on Saturday, December 19 and Sunday, December 20, from 3 to 7 p.m., the Royal Museums bookshop and the Capa in color exhibition bookshop will be exceptionally open. An opportunity to purchase catalogs of the permanent collections, exhibitions, volumes on the masters of photography and various gadgets for Christmas gifts. In addition, from Dec. 8 to Jan. 6, the dome of the Chapel of the Shroud will be scenically illuminated every night to celebrate the holidays.

#NataledaRe, a series of online events to celebrate Christmas with the Royal Museums of Turin

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