Trentino's cultural scene takes to the field for the Olympics
With many initiatives to tell the story of sport and its nature
The Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games are coming to Trentino. While athletes train for the competitions, Trentino's cultural scene is teaming up to explore sport, its character, and its impact on the region.
It's called "Combinations," the project that every year brings together Trentino's museums and cultural institutions around a single theme, exploring it from different perspectives. This year, the theme for 2025-2026 is “Combinazioni_caratteri sportivi”.
There are numerous cultural initiatives throughout Trentino, from exhibitions organized in the major provincial museums to initiatives tied to the region. Exhibitions, themed walks, meetings, and debates highlight how the values of sport are linked to those of Trentino.
Il pendio bianco. Storia sociale dello sci - Museo Ladin de Fascia
A journey into the world of skiing and tourism in the Fassa Valley, through the original illustrations from Manuel Riz's graphic novel "Il pendio bianco." From December 2, 2025, to April 6, 2026, the Fassa Ladin Museum will retrace the social history of skiing, through anecdotes, curiosities, and reflections on the symbolic value of this sport, which lies at the heart of the millennia-old relationship between man and the mountains.
Neve e ospitalità. Turismo e sci all’ombra di Castel Pergine
Images, objects, and "voices of memory" reconstruct the birth of skiing in Valsugana. From December 20, 2025, to April 16, 2026, Castel Pergine hosts the exhibition "Neve e ospitalità. Turismo e sci all’ombra di Castel Pergine" (Snow and hospitality. Tourism and skiing in the shadow of Castel Pergine), which recounts the Olympic Games from a unique perspective: that of hospitality.
Murmuration – Santa Chiara Centre
Fifteen extraordinary dancers and acrobats recreate the flight choreography of starlings on the ice as they gather before their migration to overwinter. The show, called "Murmuration," was created by the company Le Patin Libre and is performed by the Santa Chiara Cultural Center at the Trento ice arena.
EVENTS:
January 31, 2026, 8:00 PM, show + Ice Dance Party;February 1, 2026, 3:00 PM, show + family workshop; February 2, 2026, 10:00 AM, free show for schools
Marinella Senatore. There is so much we can learn from the sun - Museum of Contemporary Art in Cavalese
From December 14, 2025, to April 6, 2026, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cavalese hosts "There is so much we can learn from the sun," a solo exhibition by contemporary artist Marinella Senatore. This exhibition places the body at the heart of her reflections, not as a shell but as an attitude and development of being.
WORK: Marinella Senatore, Autoritratto, 2022. Ph. Renato Ghiazza. Courtesy l’artista e Galleria Mazzoleni
Lascia che tutto accada - Cooperativa Sociale GSH
Painting, sculpture, and photography, works by living artists and 20th-century masters, explore disability in an exhibition where art becomes a metaphor for limitations, but also an invitation to never give up. From March 8 to May 3, 2026, the exhibition "Let Everything Happen" will be on display at the Palazzo Assessorile in Cles.
Oltre la tregua (Beyond the truce) – Forti del Trentino
From December 4, 2025, to spring 2026, the forts of Trentino will host a series of events inspired by the theme of the Olympic Truce: theatrical readings and performances, trekking and snowshoeing, talks with experts, and stories of athletes' lives and experiences, in collaboration with the Italian Paralympic Committee of Trento. To go "beyond the truce," restoring value to places that once served as frontiers and defenses and today become open spaces for dialogue, culture, and sport.
Training Democracy – De Gasperi Foundation
A project with three souls that correlate the concept of democracy with the culture and practice of sport: Alcide’s Trails (Sentieri di Alcide), Training Democracy (Allenare la democrazia), and Degasperi’s August (Agosto degasperiano). Alcide’s Trails, in particular, comprises three walking trails dedicated to the famous statesman and to the culture of democracy. Visitors are meant to walk the trails while listening to audio narrations that invite you to reflect on principles such as listening, patience, and commitment, highlighting the connection between the values of the mountains, sport, and politics.
