The collection witnesses the complex process of filmmaking, from the early 1900s to nowadays. The great season of the silent film industry in Torino is represented through a large number of items, for the most part donated by the very actors of that time. Worthy of notice is the collection of sketches by the famous set designer Decoroso Bonifanti, the costume worn by the Great Minister in "Cabiria" and the series of valuablewater-colors painted by Georges Méliès for some of his films.
Recent acquisitions have completed the part of the collection dedicated to sound cinema featuring costumes (for "Lawrence of Arabia", "Blood and Sand", "The Giant"), set sketches (for "Gone with the Wind", "Doctor Zhivago", among many others, and a set of 100 storyboards and drawings from Charlie Chaplin's works) and props (for Fellini's "Casanova", "The Empire Strikes Back", "Aliens").
The equipment and accessories collection consists of movie cameras, motion-picture projectors and lab sets witnessing the technical evolution of film and of the film industry, especially for what concerns the history of silent film in Torino. Completing the collection is the section dedicated to animation film which includes original drawings and a particular group of trappings.