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The Taste Museum®

The Taste Museum® is the only structure of its kind in Italy and is located in the Piedmont area, only 5 km from Pinerolo and 30 km from Torino. Together with the International Cooking School, it makes up the Center for Typical Products called ARGAL.

The Museum offers a virtual journey that traces nutrition from the prehistoric era up to modern day, itineraries for the discovery of various foods, sensorial and multimedia stations dedicated to the 5 senses, taste paths in art, cinema, commercials, and the roads of taste, garden and orchard as well as didactic laboratories for every type and level of school. The Museum also has a Wine Boutique, a stopping point on the Royal Road of Turinese Wines, with DOC wines from the Turin Province. There is also a rich offering of itinerant exhibitions, photographic documentaries, recipe videos and publications with a scientific library that is also specialized in magazines devoted to this sector. Within it’s structure and spacious courtyards, the Museum hosts: shows, conferences, gatherings, tastings and buffets. The International Cooking School offers courses for the CF IQ Training Agency of Pinerolo, and, in addition to professional and amateur courses, seminars in individual station classrooms and tastings. The entire structure is accessible to the handicapped.