For rabid fans of Ferrari, Enzo Ferrari museum opening is not to be missed. March 10, 2012 will be an important day for Ferrari as well as all his fans. The reason is, that date will be a historic day in which Enzo Ferrari museum opened to the public for the first time. Dedicated to auto racing event in Modena, Italy, which became the home Prancing Horse, and to the legend, Enzo Ferrari, this opening will be themed “The Myth of Origin”.
Enzo Ferrari Museum
However, although the new museum will be opened later on March 10, the Ferrari will start opening celebration in the town of Modena in Italy was about a month early. This is to commemorate the anniversary of the legendary car maker Ferrari is to be celebrated on February 18, later. As information, the year 1898 be the year of Ferrari is present in the world and 1988 marks the death of the legend.
According to the President of the Fondazione Casa di Enzo Ferrari (Enzo Ferrari Foundation), Mauro Tedeschini, the Ferrari was very enthusiastic and satisfied with the important cultural asset that is the result of hard work in teams under the auspices of the Foundation for the Ferrari Enzo. According to him, this museum will tell the remarkable public figure of legend in addition to work-related calls with the birth of Ferrari cars in the area.
Museum Enzo Ferrari was actually originated from the legend’s birth home in Modena, Italy. Once repaired, the house was used as a workshop as well as Ferrari’s residence for many years.
However, the house gets added in the form of a “hood” yellow aluminum which is now famous. The yellow color was chosen because of two reasons. The first reason is because Enzo Ferrari chose yellow for the background jingkraknya horse logo which is the trademark Ferrari are very famous. Another reason is that the color yellow also signifies that the city of Modena in Italy.
According to the Secretary General of the Foundation of Enzo Ferrari, Adriana Zini, Enzo Ferrari Museum will add attraction for tourists visiting the area. Besides, he adds, the museum will also become an important tourist destination and cultural industries in addition to being an important point for car fans and racing cars. The museum, he said, would be a symbol of the city of Modena in the international eye. This museum will also be coupled with the Ferrari Museum in Maranello, Marzaglia racetrack, and Righini, Panini and Stanguellini Collections.
The celebration will be held at the Museum Enzo Ferrari was going to tell the legend as a person, the driver, and the constructor behind the success of the Ferrari in the 1990s. The celebrations will also tell the story of his life from the streets of Modena until it reaches the track racing world and the Mille Miglia; originated from Scaglieti, Stanguellini, and Fantuzzi until De Tomaso, Pagani, Maserati, Alfa Romeo, and Lamborghini.
In the birthplace of the legend, on display multimedia display depicting a flashback story of his life. According to the legend, if you can dream something, then you can make it happen. During his life, the legend see the car as a work of art. In addition, the legendary race is seen as a forum to test how far the technology has evolved to create a more perfect car.
For Enzo Ferrari, there are some important keys in his life, namely creativity and passion, challenge, courage, innovation and research. These things, too, who made two major cities in Italy, Maranello and Modena, as a place where dreams can come true.
In celebration before the opening of the Museum Enzo Ferrari, the car will be also presented various works of Italian as a star on the show. These cars will be brought from various museums and collections are most valuable as a work of art. Bersaamaan with the cars, will also include objects, documents and historical objects related to history of the cars as well as audio visual impressions that reflect the original identity Valley Motor-Emilia Romagna.
The firm Future Systems of London, who believed designing the architecture of the Museum Enzo Ferrari. The layout of the museum and its interior is handled under the supervision of an architect named Andrea Morgante, deputy designer of the museum project, which originated from Studio Shiro. Meanwhile, Jan Kaplicky is an outstanding architect behind the company Future Systems of London. Unfortunately, he died in 2009.
Location of Enzo Ferrari Museum is located near the historic center of Modena and Maserati assembly plant, outside the walls of the first cities in Modena. Also, it can be found also a large industrial complex in the area, close to railroad tracks.
Enzo Ferrari museum is quite large with a building area reaches 54,000 square feet. In it, there is also a projection room, coffee shop, shop, conference rooms and teaching rooms are equipped with a digital archive. Construction of the museum cost more than $ 23 million. It’s really a number that … wow …!
The plan, the museum will be open to the public for 363 days a year. The city council, financial institutions, and the provincial government of Modena and Ferrari SpA and sponsoring the Italian Automobile Club Foundation Enzo Ferrari together.