Project MUSE
Inevitably, increasing activities and temporary initiatives led to the overcrowding of equipment and installations. The beginning of the millennium was a period marked by lacking space and perspective. The time was right for the MUSE Science Museum project. Thus, in 2002-2003, the Museum carried out the “Feasibility Study for a new science museum in Trentino” on behalf of the Department of Cultural Activities of the Autonomous Province of Trento and, in 2005, as part of the following cultural strategy.
More than fifty qualified national and international experts were involved in the preparation of these documents and many citizens contributed to defining their contents in various focus groups and opportunities for debate. Approved by the provincial government in 2006, the project was transformed into an architectural plan and entrusted to Renzo Piano, who designed the building and acted as artistic director for the stands. On the 27th of July 2013, the new MUSE Science Museum opened to the public in its new headquarters, located in the urban redevelopment borough Le Albere.