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title: "Inauguration of the immersive multimedia room at the Hoffmann Museum in Caltagirone"
url: "https://en.museohoffmann.it/notizie/inauguration-of-the-immersive-multimedia-room-at-the-hoffmann-museum-in-caltagirone/"
type: "notizie"
published: "2025-10-25T16:32:22+00:00"
modified: "2025-10-25T17:47:49+00:00"
author: "admin"
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An enthusiastic crowd attended last night, at the **Hoffmann Museum**, the inauguration of the immersive multimedia room *“Conadomini – La Fornace di C**altagirone”*.

An event that combined memory and innovation, tradition and technology, in a visual and audio narrative capable of exciting and engaging the audience.

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### A Calatina project that enhances cultural heritage

The initiative, entirely conceived and implemented months ago by **Calatina professionals and companies**, but officially inaugurated only yesterday for organizational and communication strategy reasons, represents a new way to enhance the city’s cultural heritage and identity, projecting it into the future with immersive languages ​​​​and accessible to all.

### ![Immersive multimedia room "Conadomini" The Caltagirone furnace.](https://museohoffmann.it/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2-1.jpg)

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### Thanks from the Hoffmann Museum managers

During the evening, the managers of the Hoffmann Museum, **Gianluca Iurato** and **Salvatore Raccuglia**, expressed their deep satisfaction with the success of the inauguration, accompanied by an unexpected turnout and unanimous appreciation.

> “We are proud,” Iurato and Raccuglia declare, “to see our city respond with such enthusiasm to a project born from Caltagirone for Caltagirone. “Conadomini” is the fruit of a synergy between passion, expertise, and identity, which tells our story through a new and immersive language.
> Sincere thanks go to the **Municipality of Caltagirone**, the **Regional Ceramics Museum**, and the **Regional Museum Network As.Ar.P.**, who believed in the cultural value of this initiative. Not to mention the added value of the contributions of Father Enzo Mangano, Mr. Filippo Giordano, and the architect Francesco Sagone, who, through appropriate ultimatum installations, recount the memories and anecdotes related to the furnace.

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### The role of Prof. Antonino Navanzino

Special thanks were also extended to **Prof. Antonino Navanzino**, **Director of the Hoffmann Museum exhibition hall**, “for his valuable guidance and assistance in planning the upcoming 2025/2026 season,” the managers add.

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### Collaborations and sponsors

Iurato and Raccuglia then wanted to extend their gratitude to the **main sponsor** – *[Meta Service srl](http://www.metaservice.it), [Media Plus srl](https://mediaplus.it/) and [ZeroBit Italia srl](https://zerobititalia.com/)* – and to the **collaborating companies**: *SDF Elettronica, Di Liberto Francesco, Sebastiano Di Geronimo, Alfa Infissi snc, Dario Abbaco* and *ZeroBit Italia srl*.

> “A project like this,” they continue, “is born thanks to teamwork. For this reason, we would like to thank the technicians and professionals **Paolo Buda, Carlo Giugno, and Paolo Ruggirello**, as well as **Giuseppe Sgarlato**, the museum assistants **Iblea Privitera, Luisa Carfì, Vincenzo Mazza, and Josè Puglisi** for their dedication.”

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### Communication and media partners

Heartfelt thanks also go to **media partners** – *La Gazzetta del Calatino, RadioLattemiele Sicilia, and Tele Pegaso* – and a big round of applause goes to **Hoffmann Museum press officer**, journalist **Salvo Cona**, “for having accompanied the story of this journey with sensitivity and professionalism.”

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### An emotional finale

> “And finally,” Iurato and Raccuglia conclude with a smile, “a thank you to our wives and children, for their patience and for the time we took away from them. This evening is also for them.”

The ceremony concluded with the phrase that sealed the evening and moved those present: **“Ars longa, vita brevis.”***Art lasts forever. Life… is the time we dedicate to it.*

**To visit the museum, call 333.9730649 or 338.1130048**

 

 

[Click here and listen to the service produced by Tele Pegaso](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp70M1vws6I)

 

 

 

| Autre vue de la salle multimédia immersive | Historic photo by group | Another view of the immersive multimedia room | One of the moments of the guided tour. |
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| From left: Paolo Ruggirello, Carlo Giugno, Gianluca Iurato, and Salvatore Raccuglia | One of the installations in the room multimedia | From left: Salvatore Raccuglia, the councilor for culture, architect Claudio Lo Monaco, and Gianluca Iurato | The CEOs of the Hoffmann Museum |
|  | Father Enzo Mangano blesses the “Conadomini” project at the Caltagirone furnace. | One of the moments while waiting to enter the immersive multimedia room |  |