Alive – And Unrecognised

Ligurian is still spoken by hundreds of thousands of people, yet UNESCO classifies it as "definitely endangered": transmission to children has largely broken down. And for the Italian state it simply does not exist: Law 482/1999 protects twelve linguistic minorities, and Ligurian – like Piedmontese, Venetan, Sicilian or Neapolitan – is not among them.

Still, the language is alive: it is published, taught and translated (even Mickey Mouse, since 2026), it has digital dictionaries and a community that uses it every day. That is what this museum is for: to show what we risk losing – and what there is to save.