The National Cinema Museum was opened in july 2000 in the building that symbolises Turin the Mole Antonelliana.

The exhibition space covers 3.200 square metres and spans five floors. The themes of the floors are: the Archaeology of Cinema, the Film Camera, a Collection of Cinema Posters, Video Installations and the great Temple.

In a spectacular setting the museum offers artefacts from the collection of the Maria Adrianna Prolo Foundation including: magic lanterns, optical illusions, photographs, drawings, models and other curious items.