Laboratorio-Museo Tecnologic@mente

Tecnologic@mente is a museum-laboratory devoted to Olivetti's industrial history and technical culture in Ivrea. Managed by the Fondazione Natale Capellaro, it combines a collection on the company with hands-on learning.

Why it matters

The Fondazione Natale Capellaro was established in 2008 to promote knowledge of Capellaro's work, Olivetti's values and technical-scientific culture. Tecnologic@mente connects the company's history with a museum-laboratory approach inspired by the idea that technology should serve people.

What to notice

The collection traces Olivetti's development from mechanical calculators to electronic computing. The museum has presented the Programma 101 alongside the Apple I, linking two milestones in personal computing. Its educational work uses laboratories, games and experiments to introduce technical-scientific ideas, especially to younger generations.

Context and history

The Fondazione Natale Capellaro was established in autumn 2008 to promote knowledge of Capellaro's innovative work, of Olivetti's values, and of technical-scientific culture more broadly. Capellaro himself embodied a distinctive Ivrea tradition: engineers and inventors who rose through the factory's own workshops, and whose calculating machines carried the company's name across the world before electronics arrived. The museum-laboratory forms part of Ivrea's cultural network and is listed within the Piedmont museum system.