"The Time Line" is born at IULM University: a journey through the history of Communication.

The first Museum of Communication in Italy was born right here at IULM. Not a traditional Museum, but a diffused Museum, which develops in the spaces of the campus with the ambition of making the university itself speak, making knowledge and beauty, information and narration dialogue. Italy still lacks a place capable of telling the History of Communication in all its forms: IULM is trying to fill this gap, building it step by step, day by day.

After the installation signed by Ugo Nespolo and the Wall of Cinema, Tuesday, May 20, at 6 p.m., a new piece of this project will be inaugurated: "The Time Line," a path marked by 52 stages that retrace the fundamental moments of human communication from the mythical origins of the Tower of Babel to the Sistine Chapel in the first half of the 16th century.

Each station is illustrated by bilingual texts (Italian and English), evocative images, immersive sets and installations. As Professor Gianni Canova, creator of the project, explains:

"We are social beings: we cannot help but seek out contacts, and transmit signals and messages that say something about us, our thoughts, our dreams. This timeline tries to briefly retrace the most important stages in the history of communication. But what remains, at the end of the journey, is the awareness that our inexhaustible need to communicate stems from the realization of our finiteness."

The realization of the project was overseen by Sergio Pappalettera and Studio Prodesign, but it also actively involved IULM students, who brought to life much of the video content, edited the translations of the captions and lent their voices for the audio guide that accompanies visitors along the route.

Also underscoring the profound meaning of the project is a statement from the Rector of IULM University:

"IULM University believes in Communication as the ability of human beings to understand each other, to exchange knowledge, skills and emotions, and has faith in reason as the main instrument of relationship. The Time Line is a map that guides us through the stages, ways and forms by which human beings, as well as different cultures and civilizations, in the various historical eras, have communicated with each other."

The Time Line will be free to visit, both individually and in groups. In particular, guided tours by reservation are planned for high school students, who will be able to immerse themselves in an educational experience that is as stimulating as it is accessible.

With this initiative, the Milanese university continues its goal of transforming the campus into a place that tells and teaches outside the classroom. A place where culture is not just an object of study, but a living and visible part of everyday life.