Worlds, Travels, Stories… and Jacovitti! Illustrations from the Editrice La Scuola Archives.
From 03 October 2025 to 15 February 2026
The exhibition will be free for all visitors from October 3 to 5, during the Education Festival.
🎟️ The exhibition is free for all visitors from October 3 to 5, during the Education Festival.
The event
Curated by: Michela Valotti, in collaboration with Anna Piergentili
An initiative promoted by: Municipality of Brescia, Fondazione Brescia Musei, Alleanza Cultura, Editrice La Scuola
Part of the programme of the: Festival dell’Educazione
With the support of: Fondazione Giuseppe Tovini, Giornale di Brescia
Visit with: Abbonamento Musei
Opening alongside the Festival Internazionale dell’Educazione (International Education Festival), this exhibition presents a never-displayed-before selection from the vast archive of illustration sketches of Editrice La Scuola – a Brescia-based publishing house active in the Italian education sector since 1904, publishing school textbooks and teaching tools that have accompanied generations of teachers and students of all school levels.
Through a curated selection of over 70 works, the exhibition offers a window onto the visual imagery that shaped the imagination the young Italians during the post-war years and economic boom, at the threshold of the more recent contemporary age. A visual imagery evoking new worlds to discover through space exploration, new journeys to distant peoples and cultures, and stories yet to be written by the eager post-war generation.
Gianmaria Ciferri, illustration for Lino Monchieri, Favole antiche sempre nuove (1967), pp. 52–53, tempera on paper
Gian Battista Bertelli, cover for S.I.M, Scuola Italiana Moderna, 1955 – Ph Editrice La Scuola, private production
Gianni De Luca, Illustrazione interna per Camminare V (1954), p. 431, tempera su carta, 377×297 mm, courtesy Editrice La Scuola
Gianmaria Ciferri, cover for Gherardo Ugolini, Dante il mistico pellegrino (1961), tempera on paper
Gianbattista Bertelli, Copertina e illustrazione per Gian Maria Ghidini, Raccolta ed allevamento di alcuni insetti acquaioli e terricoli (1956), Copertina e tavola fuori testo, tempera su cartoncino, 194×142 mm, courtesy Editrice La Scuola
The exhibitions
Organised in four thematic sections, the show presents works by artists such as Benito Jacovitti, Bruno Munari, Ugo Fontana, Francesco Carlo Salodini, Marina Battigelli, Gianmaria Ciferri, Gianbattista Bertelli, Piero Cozzaglio, Nevio Zeccara, Gianni De Luca and Pio Pullini.
For its comprehensiveness, variety, and educational focus, the show offers an extraordinary journey through Italian creativity, attesting the talent of a national illustration tradition which alongside the Belgian and Argentine schools has shaped the history of the ninth art.
Ph. Alberto Mancini, Courtesy Fondazione Brescia Musei
Ph. Alberto Mancini, Courtesy Fondazione Brescia Musei
Ph. Alberto Mancini, Courtesy Fondazione Brescia Musei
Ph. Alberto Mancini, Courtesy Fondazione Brescia Musei
Ph. Alberto Mancini, Courtesy Fondazione Brescia Musei
Trailer
Worlds, Travels, Stories… and Jacovitti! Illustrations from the Editrice La Scuola Archives.
© Marco De Luca
Information
Tickets
The tour is included in the purchase of an admission ticket to the Civic Museums of Brescia – in which case, choose between the Biglietto Musei or the Biglietto Integrato Musei – or in the purchase of an admission ticket to the exhibition Guido Crepax. Dreams, Games, Valentina. 1953-2003.
Staying in Brescia is worthwhile!
For guests of HB Hotels (Hotel Vittoria, Hotel Regal, Hotel Leonessa, Hotel Master, Hotel Igea), Federalberghi (Hotel Al Poggio Verde, Hotel Ambasciatori) and Areadocks Boutique Hotel the entrance ticket is at a reduced rate upon presentation of the valid voucher issued by the hotel at the cash desk.
Musei Ticket
With the Single Ticket Brescia City Museums you can visit the four museums of the Brescia civic system: Santa Giulia Museum, Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo, Luigi Marzoli Arms and Armor Museum, Museo of the Risorgimento Lioness of Italy.
Integrato Musei Ticket
With the Integrated Ticket you can visit Brixia roman archeological area with the republican sanctuary, the Capitolium and the Winged Victory and the four museums of the Brescian civic system: Santa Giulia Museum, Brixia romana archeological area, Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo, Luigi Marzoli Arms and Armor Museum, Museo of the Risorgimento Lioness of Italy.
Guido Crepax exhibition ticket prices
The ticket is valid for admission to the exhibition Guido Crepax. Dreams, Games, Valentina. 1953–2003, open from September 30, 2025, to February 15, 2026, at the Santa Giulia Museum, and to the exhibition Worlds, Travels, Stories…and Jacovitti! Illustrations from the Editrice La Scuola Archives.
Hours
Winter opening hours (1 October – 31 May):
- Monday (except public holidays): Closed
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday: 10:00 – 18:00
- Last admission: 17:15