8 February 2024
A year ago, on the occasion of our museum workshop, Su la maschera! (‘Masks Up!’), Carnival became the star of our Blog. However, we forgot to write…
23 January 2024
On July 4th, 1776, American Founding Father, statesman and Patriot John Hancock (1737 - 1793) put his signature to the United States Declaration of Independence. His signature…
19 January 2024
Emma Emma’s life was marked by books from the very beginning: her mother – who imagined an emancipated future for her daughter – decided to name her…
12 January 2024
In order to write about white in a rigorous way, we need to bring up a crucial scientific event from the XVII century, when Sir Isaac Newton…
27 December 2023
On the occasion of Back to the 90s, the 90s-inspired that we launched with MeBo – Menabrea Botalla Museum last June, we reviewed the best musical hits…
19 December 2023
In her worldwide hit All I Want For Christmas (Is You) , pop singer Mariah Carey immediately mentions him, starting from the third line. Santa Claus? Not…
13 December 2023
Tommaso Tommaso could not believe it: a vacation, finally! He had to work hard to get it: lots of homework, bad marks turned good in few weeks…not…
10 December 2023
Fun fact: Santa Claus, who actually inspired this article, hasn’t always been associated with red. His look – deriving first from St. Nicholas of Bari’s iconography, later…
8 November 2023
In a popular scene from Reservoir Dogs (1992), the cinematic debut of Quentin Tarantino, the members of a gang squad choose their nicknames relying on colors: one…
2 October 2023
Episode two In his hands, ice melts in the blink of an eye. Touched by a skin that has been carved by the wind, by rocks, by…
