Unicef, Turin's Royal Museums are Friends of Girls, Boys and Adolescents

The Royal Museums of Turin have been recognized by UNICEF Italyas "Friends of Girls, Children and Adolescents." A two-year journey to meet the standards of the UNICEF Program dedicated to promoting respect for the rights of children in cultural venues, with special attention to the most vulnerable, thus comes to an end. The Royal Museums of Turin has been recognized for its commitment to pursuing the objectives of the Program with constant attention and awareness, combining them with its own cultural, educational and social mission. With the Musei Amici delle bambine, dei bambini e degli adolescenti Program, UNICEF Italy intends to offer the facilities involved the chance to be an active part of a shared commitment to the full realization of the principles enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child and Adolescent, making available to girls, children, adolescents and families specific spaces, time, opportunities, tools and skills. The recognition ceremony will be held Thursday, Nov. 17, at 5 p.m. at the Royal Palace, in the presence of Royal Museums Director Enrica Pagella, Maria Costanza Trapanelli, president of the UNICEF Piedmont Regional Committee, and Antonio Sgroi, president of the Turin Provincial Committee for UNICEF.

The journey of the Musei Reali began in 2020, in the midst of a health emergency, starting with a reflection on the value of culture and cultural places to contribute to individual well-being and counter forms of social exclusion and educational poverty. Supported and accompanied by UNICEF Italy, the initiative has seen the participation of all museum staff and has been articulated in shared steps, with the aim of ensuring the achievement of the required standards in terms of attention, offers and services tailored to girls, children and adolescents.

“What we are celebrating today, in Turin, is an important achievement,” said UNICEF Italy President Carmela Pace. "UNICEF’s recognition as a Friendly Museum for Girls, Children and Adolescents is the concretization of a long journey, the result of the important collaboration between UNICEF Italy and the Royal Museums of Turin, the first museum to receive this recognition after the pandemic and the second ever, in Italy, after MUSE in Trento. We hope that this synergy will be a stimulus for many other facilities that play a central function in building educating communities, capable of supporting the growth path of girls, children and adolescents."

“The experience of visitors and female visitors has always been at the center of the attentions and initiatives of the Royal Museums,” emphasized director Enrica Pagella, “but we are aware that a specific commitment should be addressed to childhood and adolescence, at a time when the museum assumes the responsibility of playing an active role in the education, personal growth and development of a civic consciousness of young people. Adherence to the program promoted by UNICEF falls under the Royal Museums’ Strategic Plan 2021-2024 and ICOM’s new definition of a museum, with a focus on actions aimed at opening the museum to the community to put itself at the service of citizenship, and those aimed at addressing the challenges of sustainability and increasing dialogue with future generations.”

Unicef, Turin's Royal Museums are Friends of Girls, Boys and Adolescents

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