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Casa Don Bosco Museum is located at the Salesian Motherhouse in the multicultural neighbourhood of Valdocco, Turin. The only large cultural centre in Valdocco, it celebrates the story of a man, Don Bosco, and the birth of his world-wide mission in Turin. His Oratory altered the history of the Piedmont capital by offering a home, a family and a future to thousands of young people who attended his Oratory.

THE MUSEUM.

Casa Don Bosco Museum invites you into the original environment that developed in the second half of the nineteenth century. The basement is characterized by the rustic simplicity of the historical dining rooms, wine cellar, kitchen and theatre. Today, the larger dining room houses four permanent collections: Gifts to the Museum; Marian Iconography; Liturgical Treasures; and Salesian Popular Piety. The ground floor highlights the evolution of the Oratory: its courtyards; the portico of Don Bosco’s famed “good night” talks, including a bronze reproduction of the pulpit from which he addressed the boys; the trades exhibit; and a sculpture commemorating Mama Margaret, Don Bosco’s mother and feminine genius behind the Oratory.

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THE ITINERARY.

The first floor houses four collections: the architectural and urban development of Valdocco; the gallery of paintings; St. John Bosco’s prolific ministry as writer and editor; and finally, his most significant influences and early collaborators. The second floor is the spiritual heart of the Museum where we find Don Bosco’s personal quarters, known affectionately as le Camerette, or the “little rooms”. Ample space is dedicated to the outstanding members of the Salesian family who lived at Valdocco as exemplars of salesian holiness. The final collection celebrates Don Bosco’s beatification and canonization.