Museo del Risorgimiento e della Resistenza di Ferrara

The Museo del Risorgimiento e della Resistenza di Ferrara (Ferrara Museum of the Risorgimiento and Resistance) presents a history of war and resistance in Ferrara, emphasising three key topics and periods: the Risorgimiento, the wars of Italian unification; the First World War; and the Second World War, antifascism, and local partisan and resistance movements.

The museum’s Risorgimiento exhibit displays physical artifacts belonging to several key figures including Giuseppe Garibaldi and the Belfiore Martyrs along with period papers and pamphlets, local flags and currency, and posters, prints, and photographs. The Second World War exhibit includes weapons, uniforms, and equipment, resistance flags belonging to the Brigate Partigiane Ferraresi and the Comitato Volontari della Libertà, artifacts from Italian concentration and transit camps, and period photographs and printed material.

The museum is located in the Palazzo dei Diamanti, which also houses the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Ferrara art gallery. It was first established as a Museum of the Risorgimiento in 1903, and was inaugurated in its current form in 1958.