Discover with the audio guide

Villa dei Cedri is a small museum surrounded by the imposing centuries-old trees that adorn its park. Once a private residence in the suburbs of Bellinzona, it is today an integral part of the city, in the heart of Ticino. 

In order to tell the story of such a unique museum, we wanted to create an original narration, far from the didactic and conventional character of the classic institutional audio guides. The result is a recording that does not focus on the permanent collection, nor on one of the many temporary exhibitions, but on historical events, architectural features and nature, key elements of the museum's identity.

The three-voice dialogue is created by actors who accompany the visitor on a walk through the tree-lined avenues, the Italian-style flower garden, the wineyard and the orchard, discovering a distant past. The speech is interwoven with specially made music and evocative sounds recorded on site. From this colloquial narration emerges a story at once intimate and public – as are the villa and its park – which appears at times nostalgic and at times reflective.

A project by NucleoMeccanico.

The audioguide is available as webapp directly online.