Museo del Risorgimento e della Resistenza

The Museo del Risorgimento e della Resistenza (Risorgimento and Resistance Museum) in Vicenza, part of the larger Musei Civici Vicenza (Vicenza Civic Museums) complex, presents the history of war and resistance in Vicenza; a series of permanent exhibitions cover a 150-year period, including Napoleon’s first campaign in Northern Italy in 1796, intense local fighting during the Italian Revolutions against Austria in 1848, and the end of the Second World War and liberation in 1945.

The museum’s physical collections include documents and artifacts that represent civilian and military experiences of war and resistance in Vicenza: books and newspapers; diaries and personal archives; photographs, maps, and posters; weapons, equipment, and local flags.