Aurora Penne - Museum of Writing

Evolution and beauty of the written sign

Museo OFFICINA DELLA SCRITTURA - Aurora Historic headquarters (Via della Basilica, 9 - Turin) (1918/1918)Museimpresa

The Dawn of a New Day

In 1919, the first Italian company for the production of reservoir pens was founded in Turin, in Via della Basilica 9: Aurora was born!

Museo OFFICINA DELLA SCRITTURA - Aurora advertising poster (1922 - 1924) by Achille Luciano Mauzan for Maga agencyMuseimpresa

Cutting-edge communication

Connoted by cutting-edge industrial features, both in technique and materials, Aurora will also stand out for its modern vision of marketing and advertising communication, a feature that has distinguished the company's history to the present day.

Museo OFFICINA DELLA SCRITTURA - Aurora model International advertising, Ars Lupa, 1930 - 1934, From the collection of: Museimpresa
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Museo OFFICINA DELLA SCRITTURA - Snow White Aurora advertising Museo OFFICINA DELLA SCRITTURA - Snow White Aurora advertising, Aerostudio Borghi; Officine Grafiche Socci & C., 1938 - 1939, From the collection of: Museimpresa
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Museo OFFICINA DELLA SCRITTURA - Aurora Duplex model advertising, 1930 - 1935, From the collection of: Museimpresa
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useo OFFICINA DELLA SCRITTURA - Historic photograph of the Current Headquarters of Aurora (1964-07)Museimpresa

A new headquarters for Aurora

Following the bombing suffered in 1943, the Aurora settled in a new location in the northern area of the city, occupying the space of an old building formerly belonging to the ancient 12th-century Abbey of San Giacomo di Stura.

Museo OFFICINA DELLA SCRITTURA - Remington no. 12-92 with wide slide (1924/1924)Museimpresa

Writing Workshop

In 2016, part of the Manifattura's spaces are allocated to the Museo Officina della Scrittura intended to enhance not only the company's historical heritage but to tell the story and evolution of an extraordinary discovery, that of written communication.

Museo OFFICINA DELLA SCRITTURA - Cesare Verona Senior typewriter and calculator repair box (circa 1935)Museimpresa

Balancing museum and factory

The incredible history of Writing and the tools that have produced it over time merges with the magic of the Manufacture. The experience of visiting the Aurora factory and Writing Workshop, offer a 360-degree look at the evolution and beauty of the written sign.

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