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===Central Museum of the Risorgimento of Rome===
[[File:Museo Centrale del Risorgimento din Roma.jpg|thumb|Entrance to the Central Museum of the Risorgimento from via di San Pietro in Carcere in [[Rome]]]]

Inside the [[Altare della Patria]] in [[Rome]] are some museums dedicated to the [[history of Italy]], especially the Unification of Italy: the Central Museum of the Risorgimento ({{langx|it|Museo Centrale del Risorgimento}}) with an adjoining study institute, the [[Flag of Italy]] Memorial ({{langx|it|Sacrario delle bandiere}}) and an area that hosts temporary exhibitions of artistic interest, historical, sociological and cultural called "ala Brasini".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.risorgimento.it/index.php?section=dove-siamo |title=Il Museo Centrale del Risorgimento al Vittoriano – Dove siamo |access-date=12 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312143920/http://www.risorgimento.it/index.php?section=dove-siamo |archive-date=12 March 2018 |language=it}}</ref><ref name=marina>{{cite web |url=http://www.marina.difesa.it/storiacultura/ufficiostorico/musei/sacrario/Pagine/IlSacrariodellebandierealVittoriano.aspx |title=Il Sacrario delle Bandiere al Vittoriano |access-date=12 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909005007/http://www.marina.difesa.it/storiacultura/ufficiostorico/musei/sacrario/Pagine/IlSacrariodellebandierealVittoriano.aspx |archive-date=9 September 2017 |language=it}}</ref>

Since 2020, together with [[Museo nazionale del Palazzo di Venezia|Palazzo Venezia]], it has been managed by the VIVE Institute, one of the eleven institutes of significant general interest of the [[Italian Ministry of Culture]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.senzatitolo.net/luoghi/81/vive_-_vittoriano_e_palazzo_venezia/|title=VIVE-Vittoriano e Palazzo Venezia|website=senzatitolo.net|access-date=1 September 2024|language=it}}</ref>

Access to the Central Museum of the Risorgimento is on the left side of the monument, at the back of the [[Santa Maria in Ara Coeli]] along via di San Pietro in Carcere.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.risorgimento.it/index.php?section=dove-siamo |title=Il Museo Centrale del Risorgimento al Vittoriano – Dove siamo |access-date=12 March 2018 |language=it |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312143920/http://www.risorgimento.it/index.php?section=dove-siamo |archive-date=12 March 2018}}</ref> The period of Italian history between the end of the 18th century and the [[First World War]] is displayed by memorabilia, paintings, sculptures, documents (letters, diaries and manuscripts), drawings, engravings, weapons and prints.<ref name= Busico2005>Augusta Busico, ''Il tricolore: il simbolo la storia'', Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, Dipartimento per l'informazione e l'editoria, 2005.</ref><ref>Gilles Pécout, Roberto Balzan, ''Il lungo Risorgimento: la nascita dell'Italia contemporanea (1770–1922)'', Mondadori, 2011.</ref><ref name=risorgimento.it>{{cite web |url=http://www.risorgimento.it/php/page_gen.php?id_sezione=5 |title=Il Museo Centrale del Risorgimento al Vittoriano |access-date=2 March 2016 |language=it |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304173631/http://www.risorgimento.it/php/page_gen.php?id_sezione=5 |archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>

On the entrance stairway of the Central Museum of the Risorgimento are visible engravings related to some significant episodes for the birth of the Risorgimento movement, from the seed thrown by the [[French Revolution]] to the [[Napoleonic Wars]], to better frame and remember the national history included between the reform of the [[List of historic states of Italy|ancient Italian states]] and the end of the First World War. Along the walls, other marble engravings show some pieces of texts enunciated by prominent personalities, which better testify and describe this part of Italian history.<ref name=Busico2005/><ref name=sitoufficiale>{{cite web |url=http://www.risorgimento.it/home_museo_ita.asp |title=Il Museo Centrale del Risorgimento al Vittoriano |access-date=2 March 2016 |language=it |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924091316/http://www.risorgimento.it/home_museo_ita.asp |archive-date=24 September 2015}}</ref>

The Central Museum of the Risorgimento also includes the Shrine of the Flags, a museum where the [[war flag]]s of dissolved military units and decommissioned ships from the [[Italian Army]], [[Italian Air Force]], [[Italian Navy]], [[Carabinieri]], ''[[Polizia di Stato]]'', Penitentiary Police and ''[[Guardia di Finanza]]'' are collected and temporarily stored. In case a unit is reformed, the flags are retrieved by the unit.<ref name=marina /> Access to the shrine is along [[Via dei Fori Imperiali]], where memorabilia, relating mainly to the Risorgimento wars, in which the [[Italian Armed Forces]] took part, are also kept.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.marina.difesa.it/storiacultura/ufficiostorico/musei/sacrario/Pagine/default.aspx |title=Museo Sacrario delle Bandiere delle Forze Armate al Vittoriano |access-date=14 March 2018 |language=it |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314175457/http://www.marina.difesa.it/storiacultura/ufficiostorico/musei/sacrario/Pagine/default.aspx |archive-date=14 March 2018}}</ref>

The "ala Brasini", reserved for temporary exhibitions, is dedicated to [[Armando Brasini]], the main promoter of the Central Museum. The wing has three exhibition rooms: the "large exhibition hall", with a surface area of {{cvt|700|m2|sqft|0}}, generally hosts art exhibitions, and those that require more space, the "central hall" of {{cvt|400|m2|sqft|0}} and the "jubilee hall" of {{cvt|150|m2|sqft|0}}, are used.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ilvittoriano.com/spazi-espositivi.html |title=Complesso del Vittoriano – Ala Brasini |archive-date=7 September 2017 |access-date=14 April 2018 |language=it |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907183950/http://www.ilvittoriano.com/spazi-espositivi.html}}</ref>