Once construction was completed by the architect Brasini, the new Imperial Forums Wing lived off temporary exhibitions and a short time as the home of the Central Museum of the Risorgimento
At the end of a long and complex campaign of works, Armando Brasini finally completed construction on the new Imperial Forums Wing in 1935. From that moment on, the building followed the complicated circumstances of the Central Museum of the Risorgimento. Various problems of an economic nature and then the outbreak of the Second World War postponed its inauguration and opening to the public.
Album con rilievi acquerellati, contenenti il Rilievo dei ruderi rinvenuti, sul colle Capitolino e adiacenze, durante i lavori di sterro per la costruzione del nuovo Museo del Risorgimento, Ufficio Tecnico dei Lavori c.d. Genio Civile
After World War II, the Institute for the History of the Italian Risorgimento organised various temporary exhibitions in the wing on Via dei Fori Imperiali. Of particular importance, not least for its undoubtedly ideal location, was the exhibition that opened in 1949, on the occasion of the centenary of the Roman Republic.
I triumviri della Repubblica Romana Giuseppe Mazzini, Carlo Armellini e Aurelio Saffi, in una stampa conservata presso il Museo Centrale del Risorgimento
Francobollo di posta ordinaria da 100 Lire emesso il 18 maggio 1949, in occasione del Centenario della Repubblica Romana
Stampa popolare sulla partecipazione di Giuseppe Garibaldi alla Repubblica Romana del 1849, conservata presso il Museo Centrale del Risorgimento
On 2 October 1970, the building officially opened its doors to visitors for the inauguration of the Central Museum of the Risorgimento: it housed the first four of the five sections of the permanent exhibition. This short-lived period came to an end in 1980, with the closure of the museum: the previous year, a leak in the water pipes and the consequent damage to the electrical system had made the premises unusable.
Veduta dell'abside della chiesa di San Pancrazio nel giugno del 1849 in un dipinto di metà XIX secolo, conservato presso il Museo Centrale del Risorgimento
Veduta delle rovine della chiesa di San Pietro in Montorio nel giugno del 1849 in un dipinto di metà XIX secolo, conservato presso il Museo Centrale del Risorgimento
From 1980, the Imperial Forums Wing, known generally as the Brasini Wing, after its architect, only opened for temporary exhibitions. This period of exhibitions intensified in 2000, on the occasion of the Jubilee, following the initiative of Giuseppe Talamo (1925-2010), President of the Institute for the History of the Italian Risorgimento.
The two exhibitions of 2008: Renoir. La maturità tra classico e moderno and Abbazia di Fossanova. 800 anni tra storia e futuro