Verso il museo della città: tra collezionismo, conservazione e identità civica

Conference dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Civic Museum of Belluno, curated by Orietta Ceiner, former director of the Historical Archive of Belluno, and Carlo Cavalli, curator of the Civic Museum of Belluno.

Compared to other Venetian cities, the establishment of the civic museum of Belluno occurs late, after national unification has fully taken place, but it is the result of very similar dynamics, at the intersection of private collecting and the growth of a civic identity.

In the background, the emergence of legislation and the first bodies dedicated to the preservation of what we now call cultural heritage, which the new museum will be called to safeguard.

Orietta Ceiner

Graduated in Literature and with a diploma in Archival Science, Diplomatics, and Paleography, Orietta Ceiner organized and then directed the Historical Archive of the Municipality of Belluno from its foundation (1988) until her retirement (2023) and was responsible for the Civic Museum of Belluno from 2011 to 2013.

She has studied the archival sources of Belluno for decades and has been part of the Scientific Committee of the journal "Archivio Storico di Belluno Feltre e Cadore" since the 1980s, where she publishes short essays and reviews.

She has to her credit editions of archival sources and essays on historical research.

Carlo Cavalli

An art historian, he trained at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice with a thesis in the history of goldsmithing and continued his studies at the University of Padua, specializing in the History of Art and Minor Arts.

Since 2008, he has been the curator of the Diocesan Museum of Padua, where he has curated various exhibitions and their related scientific catalogs, primarily focusing on sculpture and painting of the 15th century.

In 2018, he taught History of Applied Arts as a contract professor at Ca' Foscari University of Venice.

Since the end of 2020, he has been the curator of the Civic Museum of Belluno.

Free admission until seats are filled.

Reservations are required at prenotazionimuseo@comune.belluno.it.