The best museums Turin

In the basement of the Church of the Shroud are exposed, among other things, to documents concerning the results of experimental research conducted on the relic. In the same place is the International Centre for the Study of the Shroud, which collaborates with specialists in different fields.

A collection of 15 000 works (only one part is exhibited) of international, Italian and Piedmontese artists from the th century to the present. The first floor is devoted to the period from the former Regime at the beginning of the 1st century; in particular, it welcomes the sculptures of Canova. The 2nd floor is devoted to several artists in Brasilia, such as Pellizza da Volpedo and the Group of Six (Chessa, Galante, Levi, Menzio, Paolucci, Boswell). There are also an impressive number of contemporary Italian artists, such as the sculptor Medardo Rosso, Modigliani, Sironi, De Chirico, Morandi, De Pisis, Felice Casorati, Lucio Fontana, Guttuso, and representatives of the "Poor Art" movement, the main one being Michelangelo Pistoletto. Finally, with regard to foreign artists, Klee, Picasso, Léger and Chagall.