It gave shelter for 48 days to the survivors of the airship Italia which crashed on the ice pack due to a storm during the expedition to the North Pole led by Umberto Nobile and which left Milan in 1928. On display at the Leonardo da Vinci National Museum of Science and Technology in Milan which celebrates its 70th years
Back visible to the public after a long restoration famous Red Tentwho gave shelter for 48 days to the survivors of Airship Italia crashed on pack due to a storm during the expedition to the North Pole led by Umberto Nobile and left Milan in 1928.
The memorabilia, one of the few objects of the expedition preserved to date, will be exhibited starting from Wednesday 15 February for the 70th anniversary of the Leonardo da Vinci National Museum of Science and Technology from Milan. La Tenda, which has a plant square (270 centimeters on each side) and a pyramidal structure of 250 centimeters in height, it is made of canvas of seta of colour ivory for the outside and in taffeta of seta blu– oil for the internal one.
To make it visible to aerial sightings, the survivors poured somered aniline (fuxin), used in flight to determine the quota of the Airship. Although faded after a few days, this particular coloring has given the Tent its name known.
The memorabilia, which belongs to the collection of the Civic Naval Educational Museum, is on loan to the National Museum of Science and Technology from the Municipality of Milan and has been the subject of a long restorationlaunched in 2008 thanks to the co-financing of the Lombardy Region – Department of Autonomy and Culture and entrusted to the restorer of fabrics Cinzia Oliva, in agreement with the Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the metropolitan city of Milan.
The state of conservation of the constituent materials was very compromise and fragmentary. The analysis of the seams and materials has revealed the presence of multiple and stratified interventions in two segments of the Tenda restoration made over time (probably around the 1950s), of which, however, no documentation has been found.
The particular delicacy of the materials, which have now reached a critical moment in their life, has required an experimentation on consolidation methods carried out in collaboration with the Diagnostics Laboratory of the Museums Vaticans From Rome.
Feb 14, 2023 – Updated Feb 14, 2023, 10:01am
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