Research Center

The Study and Research Center of the Consorzio delle Residenze Reali Sabaude, directed by the historian Andrea Merlotti, promotes and engages in research on Italian and European Courts with a focus on the House of Savoy.

These activities include the organization of conferences and the publication of volumes in collections that are printed by the Consortium and other collaborating institutions.

The Study and Research Center is also in charge of managing cultural relations between the Reggia di Venaria and other major Italian and European residences and estates, also in the context of the European Royal Residences Association (ARRE).
Since 2009 the Center is a member of the Court Studies Forum, the international organization that brings together the world’s main centers on the history of Royal Courts (including the Centre de Recherche du Château de Versailles – CRCV, the Instituto Universitario «La Corte en Europa» - IULCE, and The Society for Court Studies of London). 

In the framework of the activities for the Consortium, the Center contributes to the definition and the organization of exhibitions, works in collaboration with the Educational Services Department in projects for secondary schools, and coordinates dissemination initiatives, through ad-hoc publications as well as through the cycle of conferences Conversazioni a Corte, a series of cultural events that began in 2009.